The Bologna Bottle Today
Perhaps there are some financial impediments to the free exchange of knowledge on this subject. One is a magical effect based on the principle sold for $1000 a pop, until a recent decimation to $100 (involving the alleged imprisonment of the creator of the original devil's flask, for unrelated charges), and perhaps another is simply selling the bottles for reasonably pricey science demonstrations. Another possibility is that many glassblowers in the world know how to make these and simply don't because they are perceived dangerous or useless, and it is for this same reason that easily accessible knowledge is not forthcoming.
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