This special re-print edition of Francis C. Frary's book "A Laboratory Manual of Glass Blowing" is a guide to glass blowing and glass working. Written in 1914, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about the art of glass blowing. Topics include: Materials and Apparatus for Glass Blowing, General Glass Blowing Operations, Elementary Exercises, Advanced Exercises in Glass Blowing, Modified Methods in Glass Blowing and much more. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.