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ANY one who takes the trouble to look through a catalogue of works in English dealing with the subject of glass will be struck with its poverty. For the most part, books on glass have been written by collectors and admirers of glass for other collectors and admirers, or by antiquarians and artists interested in stained glass. The number of books written by those intimately connected with the manufacture of glass, however, has been remarkably few. Since 1849, when Apsley Pellatt wrote his “Curiosities of Glass Making,” giving an account of the processes of making all kinds of glassware, the number of books of any note, written by persons having intimate acquaintance with the industry, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Thus, W. Gillinder's unpretentious but, in its day, useful little book appeared in 1854; in 1883, H. J. Powell, to whom we owe the volume under review, was the chief author of a book-on the “Principles of Glass-making”; while, since 1900, two other books have appeared giving some account of the manufacture of glass. It is doubtful if any other important industry has so poor a technical literature.—
Glass-making in England.
By Harry J. Powell. Pp. x + 183. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923.) 25s. net.
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TURNER, W. Glass-making in England. Nature 112, 612–614 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112612a0
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