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Making and fitting ground-glass stopper to a big carboy

  • After 1895

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View of a worker making and fitting a ground-glass stopper to a large carboy, a type of vessel used for the transportation and fermentation of liquids, at a Glass Works factory in New Jersey. This photograph is one of a set of six stereographs detailing the production of 12-gallon glass carboys.

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  • 7 in. W x 3 in. H
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“Making and Fitting Ground-Glass Stopper to a Big Carboy.” Underwood & Underwood, n.d. Underwood & Underwood Stereographs of Manufacturing Industries. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/c534fn92g.

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