Glass

From Beads to Bottles to Windowpanes

People discovered how to make glass thousands of years ago. Today, we still make it in much the same way, with sand, soda ash, lime and lots of heat. Molten glass can be blown, molded, pressed, rolled, or floated into beautiful and useful objects we use every day.

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