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Occupations | Operates glassblowing lathe to join and shape glass or plastic tubing, according to blueprints and work orders: Selects, inserts, and clamps specified mandrels in head and tailstock of lathe, using wrenches. Turns knobs to adjust rotation speed. Inserts and clamps tube and other glass parts of various lengths, shapes, and diameters to be joined in chucks, using mallet and wrenches. Lights fixed jets and hand torches and turns gas valves to adjust height and color of flames and obtain specified temperature. Turns handwheels to move head and tailstock and bring workpieces in contact with flames. Blows through hose connected to center of chuck to shape glass or maintain air pressure within tube. Selects and manipulates spatula, hand torches and tips, and glass rods to shape, seal, splice, imbed, and weld rotating parts according to specifications. Uses hand torch and fixed jets to anneal joined or shaped areas. Turns handwheels to move head and tailstock and stretch or separate heated stock to specifications. May manually move glass tube over flame and blow it into specified shape. (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 41 53 53 2D 42 4C 4F 57 49 4E 47 2D 4C 41 54 48 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010011 00101101 01000010 01001100 01001111 01010111 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L A S S - B L O W I N G - L A T H E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0041 0053 0053 002D 0042 004C 004F 0057 0049 004E 0047 002D 004C 0041 0054 0048 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4146355353153646495743484115463554423924950395235544952 |
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