The glassblowing lathe is different from a machine or wood lathe in that both the headstock and tailstock are driven synchronously. And the basic process is fundamentally different as well. Whereas traditional machining is subtractive (ie material is cut away and removed), scientific glassblowing requires that the hot glass be redistributed. Manual of Scientific Glassblowing by M Hart, 602, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. We use cookies to give you the best possible.
Scientific glassblowing is a specialty field of glass blowing used in industry, science, art and design used in research and production. Scientific glassblowing has been used in chemical, pharmaceutical, electronic and physics research including Galileo’s thermometer, Thomas Edison’s light bulb, and vacuum tubes used in early radio, TV and computers. More recently, the field has helped advance fiber optics, lasers, atomic and subatomic particle research, advanced communications development and semiconductors. The field combined hand skills using lathes and torches with modern computer assisted furnaces, diamond grinding and lapping machines, lasers and ultra-sonic mills.
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Scientific glassblowing schools[edit]
Degree programs[edit]
Salem Community College in Carney's Point, New Jersey offers an Associate in Applied Science with a focus on the construction of scientific glass apparatus.[1][2]
Alfred University offers a masters program in glass science and a PhD with a blend of theoretical and applied studies similar to degree programs in materials science and engineering.[3]
There is a Glass Division of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design.[4]
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Universities offering courses[edit]
The following is the list of recognized universities that provide courses in scientific glassblowing:
Notable scientific glassblowers[edit]
- Clarence Madison Dally (killed by X-ray exposure in the course of his work)
- Heinrich Geißler (invented the Geissler tube)
- Joseph Patrick Slattery (radiography pioneer blew much of his own lab glassware)
American Scientific Glassblowers Society[edit]
The American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) is an association for scientific glassblowers and provides continuing education programs.[5] The community is relatively small, with approximately 650 members.[2]
References[edit]
- ^Petkewich, Rachel (16 January 2006). 'An Essential Craft'. Chemical & Engineering News. 84 (3). Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ abWalas, Joe. 'Scientific Glassblowing Schools and Courses'. The Scientific Glassblowing Learning Center:. Safety Emporium. Retrieved 14 April 2017.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
- ^'Glass Science Graduate Programs'. Inamori School of Engineering. Alfred University. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^'Glass'. RISD Academic Programs. Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^American Scientific Glassblowers Society home page, retrieved 2015-05-15.