Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 370
ANCIENT GLASS VESSELS. birds, and other details, are only to be made out with a lens;which means of magnifying was evidently used in Egypt, whenthis INIosaic glass was manufactured. Indeed, the discovery of alens of crystal by Mr. Layard, at Nimroud, satisfactorily provesits use at an early period… … GLASS BROACHES. of glass-making to a higher degree of perfection than ourselves,though it may appear a paradox to those who have not seen theirworks in this material; and we may even add that they used itfor more purposes, excepting of course windows, the inconvenienceof which in the hot sun of…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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