Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Glass - The importance of glass in understanding the modern world
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
In a Benedictine Abbey in Scotland, Alan Macfarlane explains some of the roles of glass in the development of modern civilization. The section ends with a stained glass window and the sound of bells. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 16:41 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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