How Glass Changed the World The History and Chemistry of Glass from Antiquity to the 13th Century /

• Main Author: Rasmussen, Seth C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science, 3
• Subjects: Materials science.; History.; Physical chemistry.; Materials Science.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; History of Science.; Physical Chemistry.

Glass production is thought to date to ~2500 BC and had found numerous uses by the height of the Roman Empire. The modern view of glass-based chemical apparatus (beakers, flasks, stills, etc.) was quite limited, however, due to a lack of glass durability under rapid temperature changes and chemical...

Table of Contents:

• Origins of glass: Myth and known history
• Development and growth of glass through the Roman period
• Reinventing an old material: Venice and the new glass
• Applications to chemical apparatus
• Impact on society and its effect on chemical progress.