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TOOLS FOR MANIPULATION.
of the workman. A well-skilled workman can shear a glass entirely round the bowl in one operation. In Bohemia and Germany, generally, the workmen are said not to be sufficiently skilful to use the shears; but the edges of bowls are blown in the rough, and cut smooth by the glass-cutter when cold, which leaves a flat and unsightly finish, far inferior to the round, smoothed edge of fire-polish after shearing. The battledore, D, is another simple tool that needs no explanation. These, with the compasses and the measure-stick, are the chief tools, except the pontil and blowing-iron, which are very simple instruments; the latter is a hollow tube, (about four feet long,) lessened at the mouth and enlarged at the end, for gathering the metal. The ponty, or pontil, is a solid rod, used to support the Glass while working, when the blowing-iron is no longer needed. The sizes of both these rods are heavier and lighter, according to the nature of the work.
Marver.
Marver.

The marver, L, (a corruption of the French marbre, marble being formerly employed,) is a slab of cast-iron, about one