The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 1922, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
Author: American Association of Indust Surgeons
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-02-14
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13: 9780656509485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 1922, Vol. 3 The gatherer stands on the foot bench at the working hole with a punty in hand. This is an instrument 43 inches long, con sisting of an iron rod with a wooden handle at one end and a clay-ball on which the glass is collected, at the other end. The gatherer has his back toward the machine and holds the punty handle with {both hands, allowing the clay ball to touch the surface of the fused glass. The iron rod of the punty rests on an iron support (dog leg) at the edge of the working hole, while the gatherer revolves the punty until sufficient glass adheres to form a gob of the size required to make the proper weight bottle. The gatherer then turns to the left and, suspending the gob over the mouth of the blank, allows the glass to drip off. When the proper amount has fallen, the cutter clips the stream of glass with a pair of shears. The gatherer then turns back to the hole and again inserts the punty. The motions of the gatherer are exceed ingly rapid and accurate and as many as twenty-six 2-ounce gobs may be gathered in one minute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.