Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . ottle over andover, and pressing his tool against it as it rolls, he shapes it as hepleases. He has a variety of tools for this work. He keeps themin a box on his bench by his side. Yes, said Phonny, I see the box, and the tools in it. Thats the way they make bottles and other similar things outof glass, said Beechnut, and that is all I have to tell you. Ah, yes ! said Beechnut, after a moments pause, I have onethi
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . ottle over andover, and pressing his tool against it as it rolls, he shapes it as hepleases. He has a variety of tools for this work. He keeps themin a box on his bench by his side. Yes, said Phonny, I see the box, and the tools in it. Thats the way they make bottles and other similar things outof glass, said Beechnut, and that is all I have to tell you. Ah, yes ! said Beechnut, after a moments pause, I have onething more to tell you, and that is, to explain how the way to makeglass was first discovered. It was nearly two thousand years sailors went a little wav up the mouth of a river in Pales- GLASS-BLOYY^G. 35 Beechnuts account of the discovery of glass. tine in their Yessel, in order to encamp on the shore for the had some large lumps of a certain substance, which was ofthe nature of potash, for the loading of their Yressel. They YYerecarrying it to the city of Tyre. When they had anchored theirboat, they YYent ashore to build a fire and cook their supper. They. THE FIRST GLASS-MAKING. could not find any stones on the beach to set their kettle upon, andso they YYent to the Y-essel and brought three lumps from theircargo, and put them down upon the sand, close around the set the kettle on these lumps, and then put more sticks un-der, to brighten up the fire and make the kettle boil. And so did they make their tea ? asked MalleY-ille. I dont think they made tea, said Beechnut, for they did nothaY-e tea in those days ; but they cooked their supper, YY-hateYerit YY-as. 36 THE COAL-MINE. The surprise of the discoverers. Another picture. The next morning, continued Beechnut, when they rakedover the ashes to make another fire, in order to cook their break-fast, they found that the sand which was around the lumps thatthey had put in to set the kettle on had run
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