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DescriptionWindow glass flattening 1880s.png
English: This is another major step in 1880s window glass making. After the glassblower has created the hollow cylinder and the cutter has removed both ends and sliced the remaining tube lengthwise, the tube is placed in an oven where it unfolds into a flat piece of glass.
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This file is a crop from page 400 of the December 1, 1906, edition of Scientific American (a journal) that has been modified by TwoScarsUp
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The sliced tube is placed in an oven, where a flattener makes sure the sliced tube unfolds into flat glass
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