WE CAN SPEAK OF THE USE OF GLASS SINCE THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIANS4,000 YEARS AGO. IT WASN'T...
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WE CAN SPEAK OF THE USE OF GLASS SINCE THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIANS
4,000 YEARS AGO. IT WASN'T USED
IN CONSTRUCTION, THOUGH, BUT MERELY TO ENCLOSE
SMALL OBJECTS. LATER, THE ROMANS BECAME MASTERS
OF GLASSMAKING, WITH THEIR METHODS BEING USED
UP UNTIL THE 18th CENTURY. BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, GLASS WAS NO LONGER
JUST A LUXURY ITEM, BUT BECAME
A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AS COMMON
AS STEEL AND CONCRETE
4,000 YEARS AGO. IT WASN'T USED
IN CONSTRUCTION, THOUGH, BUT MERELY TO ENCLOSE
SMALL OBJECTS. LATER, THE ROMANS BECAME MASTERS
OF GLASSMAKING, WITH THEIR METHODS BEING USED
UP UNTIL THE 18th CENTURY. BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, GLASS WAS NO LONGER
JUST A LUXURY ITEM, BUT BECAME
A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AS COMMON
AS STEEL AND CONCRETE
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WE CAN SPEAK OF THE USE OF GLASS
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SINCE THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIANS
4,000 YEARS AGO.
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IT WASN'T USED
IN CONSTRUCTION, THOUGH,
00:00:08.414 --> 00:00:11.551
BUT MERELY TO ENCLOSE
SMALL OBJECTS.
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LATER, THE ROMANS BECAME MASTERS
OF GLASSMAKING,
00:00:15.228 --> 00:00:18.966
WITH THEIR METHODS BEING USED
UP UNTIL THE 18th CENTURY.
00:00:18.969 --> 00:00:20.836
BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY,
00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:23.375
GLASS WAS NO LONGER
JUST A LUXURY ITEM,
00:00:23.378 --> 00:00:25.712
BUT BECAME
A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
00:00:25.715 --> 00:00:28.485
AS COMMON
AS STEEL AND CONCRETE.
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Movie Summary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
