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Show TO PREVENT GLASSWARE FROM BREAKING. The sudden breaking of lamp chimneys and other glass articles in common use is very annoying as well as expensive. The following simple process is said to be a certain remedy: Fill a pot with cold water; add some common table salt; put the chimneys, tumblers, etc., in, and boil the water thoroughly over a fire. Then let it cool slowly, take out the glass objects and wipe them, and they will not thereafter break or crack in consequence of sudden changes of temperature. Not only glass, but earthen and stoneware and porcelain are said to be greatly benefited [benefitted] by this treatment. |