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which the hot glass often causes sparks to fly-- the glowing bulb
being all the time twirled on the rod to keep it round, else, being
soft, it would lose its form. At intervals it is again put into
the mouth of the furnace to heat it up, for if it cools too fast,
it becomes too hard to manipulate.
Presently he takes up a tool which looks
like a large pair of pincers or tongs. With these he makes a hole
in the end of the still revolving globe, and, by stretching them
open, expands it into a hollow, cup-like form. Then we see the jug
is coming.
The next step is to mould the neck into
shape, for
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