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Teaching Glass Better: 10th Anniversary of the ICG Summer School
By Edited by: Akira Takada, John Parker, Alicia Durán, Klaus Bange
This volume celebrates ten years of ICG Summer
Schools that have taken place annually since 2009 in Montpellier,
France. It captures the historical development and the philosophy of the
schools, it explains the lessons learned and offers a framework for
others wishing to follow. It also recognises the invaluable input of the
many glass scientists and technologists who have contributed their time
and energy freely; they have all helped to make these events both an
effective teaching aid and an important international networking tool,
linking together future generations of glass scientists and
technologists. Space prevents the inclusion of extended articles from
all the contributors to the course; the volume does include though
detailed reviews of those central themes that are presented annually on
glass formation, structure and properties; we include these in the hope
that they will be a useful teaching aid for glass studies everywhere.
There are also summaries of the technical programmes run in parallel
with the main stream for the last four years.
The lecturers on the course also wish to acknowledge how much they
have enjoyed the opportunity to teach the many interested and
interesting students who have participated in the schools. As the next
generation these are the people who can influence the health of academic
glass research and stimulate an efficient and productive glass industry
in the face of global concerns such as sustainability, global warming,
health issues, energy shortages and population growth. The International
Commission of Glass appreciates from the success of these schools that
this future is in good hands.
Professor Michael Cable has edited a new collected volume including
the renowned translation by Christopher Merrett of L’Arte Vetraria by
Antonio Neri. Merrett translated the Italian’s book in 1662, adding his
own observations which were almost as long as the original text. “The
World’s Most Famous Book on Glassmaking” was then quickly translated
into Latin, German, French and Spanish and was used as a reference
source for glass makers for the next 100 years.
To mark the book’s 300th year, Professor W E S Turner read a paper to
the 1962 Annual General Meeting: “A notable British seventeenth-century
contribution to the literature of glassmaking,” later published in Glass Technology. This has been included in the volume as well as a preface by the Editor.
The volume reproduces the original layout of The Art of Glass on an A5 format.
A5 (210 mm × 148 mm), 436 pages.
Ceramics and Glass: a basic technology (Paperback)
By Charles Bray
This book brings together ceramics and glass because there is much
information, normally attributed to one area which seriously affects the
other. It has been written for students, potters and glassmakers
working individually or in small studios. It is intended to be a source
of understandable information.
2000, 234 mm × 156 mm, 280 pages with colour illustrations throughout.
This book brings together ceramics and glass because there is much
information, normally attributed to one area which seriously affects the
other. It has been written for students, potters and glassmakers
working individually or in small studios. It is intended to be a source
of understandable information.
2000, 234 mm × 156 mm, 280 pages with colour illustrations throughout.
A record of window glass making by Pilkington Brothers, at Grove
Street, St. Helens from 1826 to 1952. It is wholly about the sheet and
rolled glass making factory known as Sheet Works, located in St. Helens
only a short distance from the town centre. It was the birth place of
the Company of Pilkington Brothers, originally founded as the St. Helens
Glass Company.
2000, A5 (210 mm × 148 mm), 128 pages with black and white illustrations.
Practical methods used to measure stress in glass are analysed by
this 1999 publication. Users of photoelastic techniques in the glass
industry, both in day-to-day quality assurance and in more specialist
fault-finding applications, will find the information in this book
relevant to their needs and that it provides an improved understanding
of the measurements being made.
The book has 96 pages, 51 line drawings and 21 colour pictures. A5.
Glass Furnaces: design, construction and operation
By W. Trier (Translated by K. L. Lowenstein)
The technical criteria, descriptions and designs of all furnace
types for the many kinds of glasses are described. 1987 (original German
1984). 296 pages. 190×270 mm.
The origins of stones and cord, techniques for their evaluation and
a number of case histories are explained. Identification of the various
categories of stone and cord are provided in the 86 plates included in
the book. 1980.
The primary purpose of this new monograph is to provide a thorough
review of glass-to-metal seals, with particular reference to the more
recent developments in the scientific, technical and commercial fields.
Current applications for glass-to-metal seals are extraordinarily
diverse, ranging from the humble, taken-for-granted light bulb to
complex aerospace and military components developed within the last few
years. New applications also continue to emerge where the unique
properties of these systems can be exploited. It is also the purpose of
this monograph to highlight new and emerging fields which are benefiting
from the application of glass-to-metal seal and related technologies.
In this respect, the scope of the monograph has been broadened to
include the related topic of glass-to-metal coatings. In addition, the
more recent and highly versatile glass-ceramic-to-metal systems are
reviewed. Some of the newer ceramic-to-metal, glass-to-glass,
glass-to-ceramic and ceramic-to-ceramic systems are also covered
briefly, areas very much in their infancy in 1949. Published April 2007,
234 mm × 156 mm, 338 pages with colour and black and white
illustrations.
Glass in Engineering Science: Volume 1, Optical Birefringence in Glass
By J. A. Hemsley
The principal objective of this monograph is to draw together the
many disparate strands of glass science and technology associated with
optical birefringence. Throughout the text, a simplified approach has
been adopted in presenting the salient features of what is often
difficult subject matter, partly to encourage a wider readership.
Theoretical and experimental results from many sources are presented,
and copious references are given in full so that particular fields of
enquiry can be pursued in greater depth where necessary. Particular
emphasis is given to the historical origins of the various scientific
discoveries and technological innovations, which often tend to be
overlooked in current literature. Whence several examples of largely
unknown publications have been identified and accorded deserved
recognition. The present compendium is partially a celebration of the
pioneering investigations carried out worldwide by numerous scientists
and engineers over the past two centuries, while encompassing the most
recent developments.
Optical properties are summarised for various inorganic glasses
subjected to stress, magnetic and electric fields, including the
influence of wavelength dispersion and quantum dots. Attention is
directed to the measurement of residual stresses in flat and non-flat
annealed glass, and more particularly in specimens of thermally and
chemically toughened glass, including glass seals, optical fibres and
irradiated glass. Other applications of glass birefringence range from
structural modelling, surface indentation, optical retardation devices
and the behaviour of glass melts, through to load and stress measuring
instrumentation, optoelectronic glass transducers and the modelling of
particulate media. Detailed theoretical elastic solutions are also given
for the stresses within solid and hollow cylindrical glass inclusions
subjected to general biaxial loading.
First published September 2015, premium hardback, 687 pages (175 x 250 mm) with black and white and colour litho illustrations.
Glass in Engineering Science: Volume 2, Glass under Load
By J. A. Hemsley
This second volume on glass in engineering science encompasses some
particular aspects of glass subjected to applied loading, and comprises
two distinct parts. The first deals with architectural glazing, based
on three notable construction projects. The second is concerned with
brittle fracture, based on the observed behaviour of glass cylinders
under diametral compression.
Examples of the analysis and design of architectural glazing are
described for selected international building projects, foremost among
them being the celebrated Sydney Opera House. Because of the prevailing
dearth of published technical data on the structural aspects of glazing,
much of the basic flexural behaviour of glass panels had to be deduced
from first principles, and then carried forward to practical design.
Other problems associated with glazing integrity also required
investigation, and although some of the details might nowadays be
modified to suit current practice, the original underlying strategy
remains substantially valid and intact. The theoretical background to
this project work in establishing benchmark results for the elastic
flexure of monolithic and laminated glass panels under static transverse
loading is relegated to several appendices, which include extensive
numerical results in graphical and tabular form incorporating previously
unpublished material.
Early experimental results on the diametral compression of solid and
hollow glass cylinders carried out by the writer are re-visited, in
order to better understand the observed mode of fracture. The nature of
this commentary assumes far wider influence in the important field of
materials science, especially in regard to the tensile strength and
fracture mechanics of brittle solids. It is emphasised that there can be
appreciable difficulties in deducing tensile strength from this
ubiquitous form of testing, while the fracture toughness of pre-cracked
cylinders is also discussed. As before, summaries of theoretical
analyses relating in this instance to the fundamental elastostatic
problem of a cylinder in diametral compression are given in substantial
appendices, and embrace hitherto unpublished results. Finally, to help
draw together interrelated work in many disparate fields, a
comprehensive bibliography is appended to cover most of the additional
theoretical and experimental studies on diametrically compressed
cylinders that have been reported worldwide in numerous publications.
First published November 2016, premium hardback, 757 pages (175 x 250 mm) with black and white and colour litho illustrations.
Written primarily to celebrate the golden anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973, this book gives an inclusive first-hand account of the glass science and technology aspects of the project, for which the writer was largely responsible. It is envisaged that the resulting broad narrative might be savoured in equal measure by readers interested in both specialised and generic aspects of this iconic edifice.
The historical background to the project is summarised, encompassing the spectacular site location and the development of various architectural schemes. A prolonged cessation in on-site construction during the late 1960s gave added impetus to fully design and build the external glass walls with minimal further delay, and thereby enable the extensive internal configuration and furnishing within the shell structures. The associated research and development on various aspects of laminated safety glass is summarised herein, together with several innovative features and wider fabrication details.
Substantial material from the writer’s personal archive is published herein for the first time, embracing additional descriptive annotations and contemporary colour photographs. The text also incorporates some new theoretical and experimental results for the flexure of glass beams and plates under various categories of applied loading – including hailstone impact – as well as a copious historical prologue on hailstorms for those attracted to classical art and literature. It is reassuring to record that, as for the main building structures, the glass walls have performed well over the past half-century, while their current robust condition augers well for the future.
First published November 2023, premium hardback (175 x 250 mm), 466 pages with black & white and colour illustrations.
The second in a three volume series on how the understanding of
glassmaking advanced over the course of two centuries from the early
1600s to around 1840.
Early Nineteenth Century Glass Technology in Austria and Germany
By Michael Cable(Translator)
This volume is the third in a series that demonstrate how advances
in science, especially chemistry, infulenced the developement of glass
melting pactice from the middle of the seventeenth century to almost the
middle of the nineteenth by making available in English the of authors
of those times.
The History and Heritage Special Interest Group of the Soceity of
Glass Technology have commissioned this collection as the first in a
series. The papers were all researched and written by Francis Buckley
and originally published in the Journal of the Society of Glass Technology in
the 1920s. Buckley compiled a listing of glassworks built in the UK
after 1696 until the early part of the 19th Century. One of the
fascinations of Buckley’s papers is that he not only lists his
references, he actually states what they are, giving additional
information to that in the main text.
A practical guide to the material; founding and batch melgin;
equipment and tools; the blowing process, including gathering, marvering
forming and the use of punties;handles, air twists, threading, casing
and mould blowing; antique glass and bullions, reduction, annealing and
compatibility; seeds, stones and cords; colloids, colour, iridescence
and enamels; sandblasting, sandcasting, engraving and cutting;
adverturines, opal glass and vaious glass recipes.
There is a list of suppliers supported by its own web based listing.
The second edition of Arun Varshneya’s Fundamentals of Inorganic
Glasses has been published by the Society of Glass Technology. The
introductory chapter looks at a brief history of glasses and glass
making. Glass families of interest: vitreous silica; soda–lime glass;
borosilicate glass; lead silicate glass; aluminosilicate glass; other
silica-based oxide glasses; other non-silica-based oxide glasses; halide
glasses; amorphous semiconductors; chalcogenide and chalcohalide
glasses; glassy metals; glass-like carbon; and oxyhalide, oxynitride,
and oxycarbide glasses. The chapter finishes with a brief note on
glasses found in nature.
The remaining chapters are on: Fundamentals of the Glassy State;
Glass Formation Principles; Glass Microstructure: Phase Separation and
Liquid Immiscibility; Glass Compositions and Structures;
Composition–Structure–Property Relationship Principles; Density and
Molar Volume; Elastic Properties and Microhardness of Glass; The
Viscosity and Surface Tension of Glass; Thermal Expansion of Glass; Heat
Capacity of Glass; Thermal Conductivity of Glass; Glass Transition
Range Behavior; Permeation, Diffusion and Ionic Conduction in Glass;
Dielectric Properties; Electronic Conduction; Chemical Durability;
Strength and Toughness; Optical Properties; and Fundamentals of
Inorganic Glass Making. There are also Appendices on Elements of Linear
Elasticity; the SciGlass Database by O. V. Mazurin and A. I. Priven
(including a student version on CD); Who wants to earn an A? (More
questions and answers in addition to those at the end of each chapter.);
Units, Conversion and General Data.
Published September 2006, 234 mm × 156 mm, 704 pages with some colour but mostly black and white illustrations.
A practical guide on raw materials used in glass melting to those
concerned with batch handling, glass melting, glass compositions,
purchase of raw materials, etc. Contents includes: Materials index, raw
material description, conversion factors for common raw materials, batch
calculations, and examples of colorant combinations for coloured
glasses. 80 pages. A5.
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF INORGANIC GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS. From the Ancient to the Present to the Future
By Ian W. Donald
Glass has a very long history spanning millennia and throughout the
ages its unique combination of properties has made it one of the most
useful class of materials known. This book covers an overview of a wide
range of themes from within the general area of glass and glass-ceramic
science and technology, from the ancient to the present to the
foreseeable future, with each chapter covering a specific topic. It is
aimed at scientific and technical staff working in the area of glass
technology who wish to gain a greater appreciation of the diversity of
materials and applications in this developing subject. It will also be
of appeal to students in both the sciences and arts who have an interest
in glass, and to a wider audience with a general interest in glass or
environmental issues. A book of this nature cannot of course cover all
aspects of glass science and technology in fine detail without running
to several volumes. Consequently, some areas are covered in more detail
than others, in line with the author’s extensive experience in those
areas. The reader’s interest in any specific area may be followed up
through the incorporation of a bibliography accompanying each chapter.
The provision of a comprehensive bibliography makes the book a valuable
reference source for all the major topics related to glass science and
technology.
2015, 244 mm by 170 mm, 752 pages with black and white and colour illustrations.