Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing: A Practical Training Method - Tapa blanda

An excellent addition to publications outlining our craft and an essential aid for anyone starting out upon the road that we have all travelled. --Keith Holden FBSSG, President, Scientific Glassblowing Society of Australia and New Zealand

The author is to be congratulated for not only writing such a book but also for taking the bold and brave step to record his fifty years experience in the way he has. It is I believe a very courageous attempt of capturing our skills for permanent preservation. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to those who are currently training others. I also think all scientific glassblowers will benefit from reading the book by virtue that a lot of time we call ourselves self-taught. --British Society of Scientific Glassblowers (BSSG) Journal

The book details features of glassblowing that can be taught in a practical training course, specifically aimed at laboratory technicians or chemists who need to produce specialized glassware. The book combines many practical aspects of glassblowing otherwise not available in the literature. The book offers black-and-white photographs and diagrams, which makes for easier application in a practical set-up. Summing up: Recommended. --CHOICE

This book explains and demonstrates the methods involved in scientific glassblowing. It describes elementary to advanced glass manipulation together with technical information on its safe use and development in the laboratory. Edited by Paul Le Pinnet (MBE), a scientific glassblower with over 50 years' experience in the field, experts in glassblowing are brought together to explain their methods and approaches used to produce a variety of glassware.Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing is a unique project which updates and develops the traditional art of glassblowing and brings it into the 21st century. New skills and materials are introduced, including descriptions of working with fused silica, on laser profile cutting and on the creation of artistic glassware in a scientific setting. Written specifically as a hands-on reference work, this book can be used as a step-by-step practical guide for practitioners and scientists as well as students and apprentices interested in the field.Contributions from: Michael Baumbach, MD of H Baumbach & Co; Paul Rathmill, Enterprise Q; William Fludgate, MD BioChem Glass (app) Ltd; Ian Pearson (Past Chairman BSSG), Editor, BSSG Journal; Gary Coyne, California State University USA; Konstantin Kraft-Poggensee, Former chairman, German Scientific Glassblowing Society; Keith Holden President of the Australian and New Zealand Glassblowing Society; Phil Murray, Churchill Fellow.