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Shared on the PsssageMaker Facebook page this morning.
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I find this subject fascinating. I'd love to find a more in depth video.
Greetings,
Mr.m. Interesting about the FG. I hadn't heard that BUT the question STILL remains...Who discovered how to make glass? Not talking about terrestrial glass (volcanic/lightening fused) or extra terrestrial glass (meteorites) but man made.
Edit: Regarding the clothing in the OP...It was filmed in England in the 40's/50's. Not uncommon for even tradesmen to wear a jacket and tie in pursuit of their livelihood. Prim and proper British.
Dare to Dream.
Can you imagine how much negative pressure they got from some traditionalists?
Dare to Dream.
Can you imagine how much negative pressure they got from some traditionalists?
[emoji106][Mr.m. Interesting about the FG. I hadn't heard that BUT the question STILL remains...Who discovered how to make glass? Not talking about terrestrial glass (volcanic/lightening fused) or extra terrestrial glass (meteorites) but man made]
RT, perhaps you can make a pilgrimage of sorts to the Corning Museum of Glass, oddly enough in Corning, NY. Well worth the visit and be prepared to be blown away! There’s something for everybody, but the permanent exhibit on the history of glass is utterly incredible. It starts with 4K year old middle eastern stuff but by Greek and Roman times, the objects are as beautiful and technically perfect as anything you could imagine. (There is also an exhibit of stuff made with natural glass.) You’ll be brain dead by the time you make it into the late 19th c.
And then, pop over to the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, NY.
Exctyengr,
When I worked at Uniflite in the shop (70’s) we all washed in a huge tub of acetone about 3” deep. With our bare hands.
FG boats are not really glass boats.
They are plastic boats. People call them glass boats because the word plastic is ofensive. They are fibreglass reinforced plastic boats. Like reinforced concrete w rebar. But the FG boats are plastic boats.
I remember in the early 50’s an add by “Beetle Boats”.
They were heavy and crude. But they kept at it.