Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Glass - Why Venice became the centre of glass making
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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 Venetian glass factory on the island of Murano, Alan Macfarlane describes some of the reasons why Venice became a centre of glass-making and in particular how it came to make the exquisite 'cristallo' glass which, among other things, was used in scientific instruments. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 16:45 |
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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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