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How It’s Made: All Things Glass

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A compilation of How It's Made's explanations of what goes into making glass products including lab reactors, pressed glassware, Pyrex, glass blocks, patterned glass, opalescent glass, stained glass, crystal glassware, glass faucets and architectural glass.  

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