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Title: Who found out how to make glass?
Post by: Arrual on 31/01/2015 15:48:48

Who found out how to make glass?

Title: Re: Who found out how to make glass?
Post by: Don_1 on 01/05/2015 01:23:57

The earliest 'glass' dates to around 3500BC, found in Mesopotamia, however, it is not quite like the substance we know today.

It is possible that glass was an accidental by-product of the ceramic and/or metalworking trades.

Title: Re: Who found out how to make glass?
Post by: chiralSPO on 01/05/2015 03:28:20

There is also naturally occurring glass (obsidian and moldavite, for instance). I believe that some of the oldest glass artifacts were made from glass that formed naturally, and then was shaped by humans (either by breaking or melting).