Some Recent Improvements in the Designs of Glassworks Furnaces and Gas Producers

JSGT 1919 V03 T148-T166  (23 pages including 4 of plates)

The author must commence this paper with an apology. By his having accepted the invitation of the Council to read a paper on the design of glass furnaces, it might be expected that he was held to have some special knowledge of glass-making. He particularly wishes to emphasise the fact that he lays no claims to any such knowledge. The design of the pot furnace, which will be described later is the product of many years' experience in steelworks practice. This experience was applied some three years ago to the glass industry with most satisfactory results; results which the author believes have not been equalled by any other type of pot furnace at present being constructed.

T. S. Atkinson