- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Jane Williams
<janewilliams20_at_y...> wrote:
> --- Philippe Sigaud <sigaud_at_f...> wrote: > Hello,
> >
> > I was in a musuem today, and read ancient Romans
> > put their dead in
> > urns, in clay/earth/whatever, but sometimes also
> > made of glass. I wonder
> > if that's what we would call glass today
>
> The Roman glass items I've seen have been glass. Nice
> glass, too.
>
> A quick Google turns up this link
> http://www.glassonline.com/history.html
>
> which starts glasmaking in around 1500BC (maybe 300BC
> for beads)
> Glass *blowing* was used by the Romans. And they had
> glass windows.
> And it just carries on from there, with some
> interesting plot and trade bits that can be borrowed
> :)
>
>
>
> =====
> Jane Williams
>
Very true! And the secrets of it were closely guarded. Of course,
theproblem with getting *flat* pieces of glass is difficult. One
reason why you get these little *round* window panes...
Jeff
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