Excerpt from University of California: Gift of Henry Douglas Bacon, 1877 Nature of Glass. Its various Properties. Its Utility to all Classes. - The Assistance it lends to Science. Admiration of the Ancients. - Excessive Prices formerly paid. -origin of its English Fame - Aristotle's Pro blems. - First Invention ascribed to the tnzmans. Glass known to the Ancient Egyptians. Manufactories of Alexandria. Utensils found in Herculaneum. Urns in British Museum. Malleable Glass. Tax on Glass, by Alexander Severus - Portland Vase ...
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Excerpt from University of California: Gift of Henry Douglas Bacon, 1877 Nature of Glass. Its various Properties. Its Utility to all Classes. - The Assistance it lends to Science. Admiration of the Ancients. - Excessive Prices formerly paid. -origin of its English Fame - Aristotle's Pro blems. - First Invention ascribed to the tnzmans. Glass known to the Ancient Egyptians. Manufactories of Alexandria. Utensils found in Herculaneum. Urns in British Museum. Malleable Glass. Tax on Glass, by Alexander Severus - Portland Vase - Glass employed in forming Windows - Not much used in England till the Eleventh Century. Privileges granted to Manufacturers in France. Plate Glass casting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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