De la Bastie Glass

Gla which when red-hot has been annealed in heated oil or paraffin. This makes it very hard and elastic. Lamp chimneys made from it cannot easily be broken. Invented by De la Bastie ab. 1874. De la Bêche, SIR HENRY THOMAS, F.R.S., 1796-1855. English geologist, knighted 1853. He promoted the study of economic geology, and established the Museum of Practical Geology in London. Report on the Geology of Cornwall , Devon, and West Somerset, 1839; The Geological Observer, 1851.