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Title: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: Sklounion on December 01, 2006, 07:21:45 AM

Hi,
Some time ago, I recall having read an article on a project to re-construct a Bohemian, wood-fired glass furnace, and now, yes, you've guessed, I cannot find a link or reference to the details of this.  
Date would be late 1990's to around 2005.
Any help to locate this article would be much appreciated.
TIA,
Marcus

Title: Re: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: pamela on February 15, 2007, 09:48:23 PM

Bernard please is it YOU whom I recall in this sentence ?

Title: Re: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: Frank on February 15, 2007, 10:37:27 PM

https://secure.societyofglasstechnology.org.uk/cgi-bin/mi.cgi?pplace=9&sessionid=5106&page=Books

Title: Re: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: Sklounion on February 16, 2007, 04:19:06 AM

Hi Frank,
Thanks. This was not the item I was looking for, but I'm going to buy a copy, as the section on wood-firing is of great interest. The development of new green technologies, for glass-making, makes books of historical information like this, essential reading.
regards,
Marcus

Title: Re: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: Frank on February 16, 2007, 10:26:11 AM

I got the impression, from the description, that the author had been trying out the different techniques and thought it possible the furnace building had been a part of such trials.

Sometimes you can find lost stuff here in the wayback machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

one example of long gone glass page
http://web.archive.org/web/20010803103430/www.slistress.demon.nl/Felicity.htm

Title: Re: Reconstruction of a Bohemian glass furnace
Post by: Sue C on February 16, 2007, 12:46:16 PM

Hi Marcus, i dont know about the Bohemian furnace, but you might find this interesting http://slovenia.icom.museum/dokumenti/povetki-GLASS.doc
Frank, Felicity is just adorable :)

Thanks Sue, fixed link if above does not work for you
http://slovenia.icom.museum/arhiv2004.html then click on Povetki to dowload the document