Pl. 1.
Published by Bumpus & Griffin London, 1831.
THE
ART OF GLASS-BLOWING,
OR
PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS
FOR MAKING THE
CHEMICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL
INSTRUMENTS
WHICH ARE FORMED OF GLASS;
SUCH AS
BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, HYDROMETERS,
Hour-Glasses, Funnels, Syphons,
TUBE VESSELS FOR CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS,
TOYS FOR RECREATIVE PHILOSOPHY, &c.
BY A FRENCH ARTIST.
ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY BUMPUS AND GRIFFIN, 3, SKINNER-STREET;
AND RICHARD GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW:
SOLD ALSO BY STILLIES, BROTHERS, EDINBURGH.1831.
W. WILSON, PRINTER, 57, SKINNER-STREET, LONDON.i
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