Set II. Making glass sheets from cylinders, after 1895
Series
Identifier: II
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 48 stereographs depicting various stages in the industrial manufacture of glass, steel, iron, and salt published by Underwood & Underwood after 1895. The stereographs are numbered and grouped by subject, reflecting how they would have been marketed and sold by the company as sets intended for educational use. This collection comes from the Department of Chemistry at Oberlin College, where the stereographs are thought to have been purchased and used for teaching purposes. The stereographs are arranged into the following seven sets:
From the Collection:
- Making 12-gallon glass carboys. Glass Works, N.J.
- Making glass sheets from cylinders
- Making glass tubing and pipettes
- Making blown-glass bottles. Glass Works, N.J.
- Making iron and steel by several processes
- Rolling mills for steel
- Salt-making
Dates
- Creation: after 1895
Extent
7 Photographic Prints ; , 7 x 3 in.
SET DESCRIPTION
This set consists of seven stereographs detailing the production of glass sheets.
Repository Details
Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository
Contact:
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315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19106 United States
215.873.8265
215.873.5265 (Fax)
reference@sciencehistory.org