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Show NEW QLAS8 MAKINQ, Wonderful Machine That Does Away with the Blowing. We all know that thero Is ono pane of glass for tho rich nnd another for the poor, knoru respectively as plato and sheet glass. And while both haVo essentially tho same composition, they differ greatly In tho purity of tho ma terlals used and tho method of manufacture. manu-facture. Until a fow years ugo sheet glass the wlndowpnne of tho multitude-owed multitude-owed ita origin to the blower's breath. Hut In 1903 Mr. John H. Lubbers ol Allegheny, Pa., Invented u window glass blowing machlno which wns described de-scribed ns "tho newest marvel In the Industrial affairs of this country." And now, relates tho Technical World Magazine, Mr. Irving W. Col burn of Franklin. -Pu.. has gono one bcttqr and perfected nt a coat ot $200,000 a machine which make glass without blowing It nt all turns It out In a continuous sheet nnd an aides one mun and two boys to efficiently ef-ficiently perform the work ot 13 skilled mechanics. |