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Question 1 Did Germans mostly make glass? True False
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Answer 1 Yes, German mostly made glass, but Dutch made glass in New Amsterdam in 1654. Next
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Question 2 Glass Blowers made glass in a glass house? A Yes, they did B. No, they didn’t
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Answer 2 Next Yes, people did made glass in a glasshouse or glass factory, where they made bottles and even window glass.
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Question 3 The most important glass blowing tool was a blowing rod? True False
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Answer 3 Yes, the most important tool was a blowing rod. On the end of the blowing rod the blower gathered a lump of molten material from the pot. The blower then blew a bubble by lung power to make glass. Next
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Question 4 What is “glory hole”? A.A. an oven B. An open furnace
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Answer 4 Next Yes, say the glass blower had unfinished window glass, he would transfer it to a solid rod called punty, which rested in a forked support before an open furnace called the “glory hole”.
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Question 5 A. Who was Casper Wistar of Philadelphia? B. The first person to ever make glass. C. He was the apprentice for the very first glass blower. The first person to make a commercial success in 1739.
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Answer 5 Yes, Wistar made bottles, and window glass “guaranteed to last 7 years” as he said.
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