History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.s6.29

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Having made the glass rods and canes and tubes of the requisite size the beads were made by winding the softened glass rod around wire, the thickness of which varied according to the desired perforation of the bead. Beads were made either by single or multiple winding and they were fire polished and were turned around the fire to give the desired shape (Fig 8).