how did human first discover glass and the proper use for it?
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Syrians supposedly used to cook over very hot fires on the desert sands, and it is thought that the heat must have turned the sand into glass. But that cant be true, so this is a mystery.
Mesopotamians started trying to make glass about 4,000 years ago, out of soda, lime, and sand, and likely very quickly saw how brittle and breakable it is. It was mostly made and used in small amounts, as trinkets and adornments for coins, and weapons, and such.
Phoenecians in 1200 BC started mass producing it.
In any event, the whole “doing glass properly” thing has taken about 4,000 years just to make it tempered/ laminated safety rated, to not shatter and fall apart and then slice you up when it breaks.
Considering that most people still DO NOT have tempered and laminated glass windows, Im going to say, we havent gotten to the point of glazing (glass window installs) to the point that its done properly, yet.
We are probably a few hundred years away from that..
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