The alchemy of glass
Subtitle: counterfeit, imitation, and transmutation in ancient glassmaking
By: Marco Beretta.
Publisher: Science History Publications/USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sagamore Beach, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780881353501
Subjects: Glassware, Ancient; Glass blowing and working -- Historiography; Glass manufacture -- Historiography; Glass manufacture -- Chemistry
Description: "The present study illustrates how glass played an important role in ancient technical and alchemical literature, and how the chemical operations devised to improve glass making inspired by alchemists to better define the theoretical boundaries of their discipline and, more specifically, the concept of transmutation."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Artificial and natural glass in Mesopotamia and Egypt; title: The Greek philosophers : between crystal and glass; title: A technical revolution : the introduction and cultural impact of glassblowing; title: Glass and alchemy; title: From Byzantine glass to early modern alchemy.