The story of Pittsburgh: Diversified products

Diversified products (Vol. 1, nr. 13)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 183162365X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241129

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Diversified products

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 13

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The O. Hommel co.

Collection:: Economics Books

A person admiring the beautiful colors in a piece of porce- lain, glass or enamel ware—and enameled stove colored in mahogany, black and white and other colors—has no idea of the long, tedious, painstaking work required to produce a color. Often it takes an expert years to bring cut a par- ticular shade. An important branch of the company’s system is the research department. A large laboratory fully equipped is maintained where new colors are produced, better methods for using old and new materials are developed, and where the materials manufactured are tested to keep them uniform. This department is famous throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Not a day passes but some query comes in by phone, by mail or by person asking for the cor- rect or most approved method of using some material. Mr. Hommel, together with his staff of experts, are often called upon as consultants by glass, pottery and iron enamel manu- facturers who are having technical or other difficulties. In the early days, the method of blending and shading colors on pottery and glass was crude Stippling and dry dusting were tried and discarded as unsatisfactory. Mr. Hommel, seeing the possibilities in the advancement of decorating if an instrument or tool could be made to produce the proper effects with his experts, set to work on the prob- lem. The result was the air brush—a spraying tool operated oy compressed air. The air brush has revolutionized the glass and pottery industries. By its use every variety of shade and blend of color are applied to ware. This we see in lamp shades and bases; white lamps in hospitals, trains and offices, with blends of ivory effects; vases of every color and shade; and other articles too numerous to mention. Nearly every pottery and glass factory now has its decorating shop, many making this the important part of their business. Thousands of men and women are employed in these shops in all manner of art decorating. The air brush has been developed and improved until now there is an air brush for every kind of surfacing from the smallest piece of art china or glassware to the largest objects—even house painting. The industry has an appeal to the educational institutions of the city. Every year chemical students from our high

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