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The Cavalcade orchestra presents, Only Rose.
Henry William Segal, a scientist from the Revolutionary War days, born in Germany in 1729, he came to settle in Pennsylvania at age 29. He saw his future in turning out more iron. He had pplans to improve on the old Franklin stove. Enlarging his plantt he invented a new furnace named for his wife, the Elizabeth furnace.
What does glass have to do with a furnace? Windows also need high heat, and a plan to sell window panes to everyone is developed. The new business prospered.
Expansions grow faster than merchants can keep up. Soon, Henry builds his own houses of glass to sell his wares.
At his peak, his business, done entirely on credit, collapses on him. What will Henry sacrifice to keep from going bankrupt? Will that even be possible?
Ceramics are developed to make new methods in manufacturing colored glass. Thanks to chemistry by Dupont to bring fade resistant colors.
