The ancient
Roman historian Pliny suggested that Phoenician merchants had made the first glass the region of Syria
around 5000BC. But according to the archaeological evidence, the first man made
glass was in Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3500BC and the first glass
vessels were made about 1500BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia. For the next 300 years,
the glass industry was increased rapidly and then declined. In Mesopotamia it
was revived in the 700BC and in Egypt in the 500’s BC. For the next 500 years,
Egypt, Syria and the other countries along the eastern coast of the
Mediterranean Sea were centers for glass manufacturing.
In
the beginning it was very hard and slow to manufacture glass. Glass melting furnaces were small and the heat they produced
was hardly enough to melt glass. But in the 1st century BC, Syrian craftsmen
invented the blow pipe. This revolutionary discovery made glass production
easier, faster and cheaper. Glass production flourished in the Roman Empire and
spread from Italy to all countries under its rule. In 1000 AD the Egyptian city
of Alexandria was the most important center of glass manufacture. Throughout
Europe the miraculous art of making stained glass on churches and cathedrals
across the continent reached its height in the finest Chatres and Canterbury cathedral windows produced
in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Glass Making
History
The history of glass making can be traced back to 3000 BCE in
Mesopotamia. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as 1500 BC by the
Egyptians and perhaps the Phoenicians. Glass uses and manufacturing
developments have gone through an interesting evolution throughout human history,
influenced by many cultures including those in Africa, China and Europe.
Stained Glass
History
The beginning of stained glass windows dates back in ancient
times. Both the Egyptians and the Romans manufactured small colored glass
objects. Stained glass became art form sometime in the fourth century when
Christian began to build elaborate churches to celebrate their religion.
Glass Blowing
History
Glassblowing was invented during the 1st century BC by the glass makers of Syria. This revolutionary technique made glass production easier
and quickly. As it became well known, different cultures, religious, and
regions adapted it for unique purposes and glass blowing quickly became a
favorite glass made method.
Glass
Timeline
The earliest known man made glass is in the form of Egyptian
beads and date back to 3100 BC. The first glass was produced probably in Egypt
in 1500BC. Technique of glass blowing was introduced in the Babylon area in
1AD.
Safety
glass
Safety glass was invented by a French scientist,
Edouard Benedictus, in 1903
These furnaces are mainly natural gas-fired, but there are a small number of electrically-powered furnaces. Glass bottle Manufacturers
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