Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 360
AirciENT 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 Mosaic glass was manufactured. Indeed, the discovery of alens of crystal by Mr. Layard, at Nimroud, satisfactorily provesits use at an early period… … GLASS BROACUES. of glass-making to a higher degree of perfection than ourselves,though it may appear a paradox to those who liave 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 · Classical antiquities
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