How Glass Changed the World The History and Chemistry of Glass f
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
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How Glass Changed the World The History and Chemistry of Glass from Antiquity to the 13th Century
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Seth C. Rasmussen Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry North Dakota State University Fargo, ND USA
ISSN 2191-5407 ISBN 978-3-642-28182-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28183-9
e-ISSN 2191-5415 e-ISBN 978-3-642-28183-9
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Acknowledgments
I would first and foremost like to thank the National Science Foundation (CHE-0132886) for initial support of this research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at North Dakota State University for supporting my continuing efforts in the history of chemistry. The historical work included in the current volume began as an interest in the early introduction and development of chemical glassware, which led to an initial presentation given at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2004 as part of programming for the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST). An invitation from E. Thomas Strom then led to an updated presentat
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