Iron County Record | 1936-12-17 | Page 4 | Ship Accident Resulted in Development of Glass

1 Ship Aci Accident ent Resulted I in n Development of Glass Clan Thousands of ot years rears ago ao a slaps ships crew of or hungry Phoenician had hod hadan hadan hodan an accident Through It they thel learned about shout floss I It U all happened when they tied their fist boat with whit a cargo of ot soda sods Batt alt to a river bonk bank In Palestine ar and id began building a aIre Ire Are to cook their lisle food fool Finding no convenient large stones stoles they thel used huge lumps lamps of or the ships ship's cargo to support lIpport their lisle pots pot near the dame It t was Vas then Ihen notes note a writer In In tho rho Los Loa Angeles Times s that the heat from the lire fire melted the soda loda fused rusell It with the sand of the river elver bunt bank and produced a transparent substance witch which In Its Improved Improve form torm we e know as glass alms It Is recorded that In 1300 II B. B C 0 the Egyptians Greeks and Romans had perfected glass glasl making for beads beakers perfume bottles plates Inlay designs In sacrificial cups CUPI anI and seen even for tor I In the Thirteenth century glass glas m manufacturing became become an ea Industry In n that part of ot Czechoslovakia which witch was once Bohemia It was there that a alne line flue sand was found asa as 81 n a necessary Ingredient Rapid prof progress progress ress eels began Immediately as Venn Ven Vene flan Arable German Carman and French glass flowed Into artistic beauty Some S ome of ot the these e pi pieces eelS eel'S appear In th the worlds world's leading museums museum