Romans and the introduction of cheap glass: "The invention of drinking glasses meant that the color, transparency, and clarity of wine became important, too. We are used to seeing what we drink, but this was new to the Romans, and they loved it."
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Absence of glass in the East had unintended consequences: "The lack of glass technology in the East meant that, despite their technical sophistication, they never invented the telescope nor the microscope, and had access to neither until Western missionaries introduced them."
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Daniel Jonas @DanielCJonasWhen you 1st see the beer your drinking: "As a result people could see for the first time what their beer looked like, and they often did not like what they saw: the so-called top-fermented brews were variable not just in their taste, but in their color and clarity too." pic.twitter.com/mnnsqG1xh81 reply 0 proslijeđenih tweetova 0 korisnika označava da im se sviđaPrikaži ovu nit -
Glass and its role within our culture: "The very thing that we value it for has also disqualified it from our affections: it is inert and invisible, not just optically, but culturally."
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Diamonds are forever: "The word diamond is derived from the Greek adamas, meaning “unalterable” or “unbreakable.”"
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"diamonds are not forever, at least on the surface of this planet. It is, in fact, diamond’s sibling structure, graphite, that is the more stable form, and so all diamonds,..., are actually turning slowly into graphite."
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