It is the development of this craft in connexion with the perfecting of flint-glass that makes the 18th century the most important period in the history of English glass-making.
Agricultural products require perfecting and fitting for export.
There are various systems of purging refined, or socalled refined, sugar in centrifugals, all designed with a view of obtaining the sugar in lumps or tablets, so as to appear as if it had been turned out from moulds and not from centrifugals, and great ingenuity and large sums of money have been spent in perfecting these different systems, with more or less happy results.
Smooth lawns, pure springs and the open sky are necessary for perfecting the bleaching process.
The AngloFrench perfecting machine is one of that class.