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How Glass Changed the World The History and Chemistry of Glass from Antiquity to the 13th Century /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Colección: | History of Chemistry ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.