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Sheet glass manufacture, 1765. Engraving showing men working with sheet glass at large trestle tables in a glassworks. The lower illustration shows the glass-making equipment. Plate or sheet glass was first produced in France in 1688, using a new process whereby molten glass was poured onto a special surface, rolled flat and left to cool. From 'Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers', edited by Diderot and Jean d'Alembert
Location
Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART409787
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Image
Purpose
Public
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2286px × 3508px
Photo Credit
SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th century CE
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)
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Engraving
Factory
French
Glass
Workshop