The Development of the American Glass Industry.
New York: Russell & Russell, 1970. Reissue of 1949 edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 316, indexed. Ex-library markings. Very Good in Mylar jacket. Item #23970
This study is a historical account of the economic evolution of glass manufacture in the United States, reviewing the industry's changing quantitative and qualitative aspects, its technical and mechanical progress, and its progressive adjustments in the expanding American economy. A brief summary of the history of the art of glass in Europe furnishes a background for the description of early glassmaking in America. The growth of the glass industry during the 18th and 19th centuries is explained in terms of the nature and amount of glass produced, the raw materials and fuels utilized, the processes and techniques of glass-forming employed, and the factors affecting location of the industry. The spectacular events that dominate the industrial history of glass manufacture after 1890 are related in an extensive account of the advent and fruition of mechanical revolution in the several major branches of glass production. Very scarce.
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