The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation, and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking History of Technology medicine and early modern society

medicine and early modern society

Although modern in its mathematical and empiricist approach

historians

it’s a huge sample of thoughts and ideas

Douglas of Illinois attacked the Smithsonian for its preoccupation with research of “no practical bearing

The Alchemy of Glass: Counterfeit, Imitation, and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking History of Technology medicine and early modern societyBeretta, Marco In antiquity, glass, more than any known product of the earth, was a material that could be easily shaped and colored to imitate any precious stone or mineral substance; its natural lustre and transparency inspired ancient naturalists and philosophers at a very early stage to find an explanatory theory that could give a rational account of these marvelous properties. Such efforts increased after the technical revolution inspired by the