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glass manufacture.
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Kopparberg and Kristianstad. In 1912 there were 88 limeworks,
em-ploing 1 773 hands. The output amounted to 4 244 857 hectoliters, valued
at 4 009 247 kronor. The number of chalkworks was 10 employing 118
workmen and with an output of 184 480 quintals, valued at 398 000 kronor.
In 1913 there were imports to Sweden of 1 058 tons of lime, to a value
of 19 900 kronor; the imports of chalk were 60 260 kronor. In the same
year there were exports of 12 334 tons of lime to a value of 242 000
kronor, and of chalk to a value of 380 000 kronor.
Kieselguhr or infusorial silica, consisting of silicified diatom skeletons,
is found in considerable layers in Sweden, both at Osby, in Skåne, and
in Lappland. Its chief use is as an isolating medium for steam boliers,
bakers ovens, etc., and, formerly, for dynamite. In 1912 there were 2
factories for the preparation of this article, with an output valued at
about 7 300 kronor.
Specimens of Heavy Crystal G lass-Ware from Reijmyre.
Glass Manufacture.
The origin of the Swedish glass industry is to be traced to a work
which was started between 1640 and 1650. This factory existed till 1815,
making both common and finer glassware, but owing to changing
vicissitudes it never attained important dimensions. In the middle of the 18th
century the industry began to develop through the starting of new works.
The older factories still in existence are Limmared in Västergötland
founded 1740, Kosta in Småland 1741, Sandö in Ångermanland 1745,
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