Fourcault process the pit must be "heated back" and then the process can continue anew. Glass chemistry has a huge impact on the process since it controls the melting, forming and annealing temperatures, liquidus temperature (point where various chemicals that make up the glass start to crystallize out of the glass) and rates of change of characteristics of the glass itself. Occasionally the ribbon will break or crack, leading to failure of the drawing process. Such breaks, known as "checks" can be alleviated by using proper operating parameters. Sometimes an expedient measure, using a portable source of heat, can be used to
Death by burning of the populace. Restaurant owners found guilty of profiteering were slowly roasted on spits, and greedy bakers were baked in their own ovens. A physician, Dr C.J. Wills, traveling through Persia in 1866–81 noted that shortly before his (Wills') arrival, a "priest" had been burned alive. Wills wrote: The previous cases concern primarily death by burning through contact with open fire or burning material; a slightly different principle is to enclose an individual within, or attach him to, a metal contraption which is subsequently heated. In the following, some reports of such incidents, or anecdotes about such are included. Perhaps