Philosophy
Here is a documentary from Johns Hopkins University.
Aired October 8th, 1951...
The Master Glass Blower
- Basic Existentialism Texts
Probably the last philosophy to offer a Weltanschauung. And it did a poor job in its attempt. Nevertheless, it is an important and interesting philosophy. Below are some of the basic texts that offer explanations. I am sure I have omitted some. An...
- Ornaments
It is from Germany that we today get many of our customs, songs, images of Santa, pine trees and European hand blow glass ornaments. How these traditions traveled to England is interesting. Queen Victoria often visited relatives in Germany in the town...
- "smalt"...an Art Phenomena
Ground glass used in paint pigments?--yep. Renaissance artists used ground cobalt containing glass to add vibrancy to their paintings. Smalt is "...a ground blue potassium glass containing cobalt used among the 15th and the 18th centuries. In Europe...
- Diane Ackerman--a Literary Rachel Carson?
Essayist, poet, and writer of natural phenomena--Diane Ackerman [October 7th. 1948]. Diane Ackerman [Wikipedia] Diane Ackerman [Home] A Natural History Of Love ISBN-10: 0679761837 ISBN-13: 978-0679761839 A Natural History of the Senses ISBN-10: 0679735666...
- October 2nd, 1608/october 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Wired... October 2nd, 1608: ...officials in the Netherlands pondered over a patent application. It was submitted by spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey for a "device by means of which all things at a very great distance can be seen as if they were nearby."...
Philosophy
A lost art?...glass blowing
Here is a documentary from Johns Hopkins University.
Aired October 8th, 1951...
The Master Glass Blower
SCIENTIFIC GLASS BLOWING: AN INTRODUCTION
by
Clair Ivan Colvin
ISBN-10: 1436343496
ISBN-13: 978-1436343497
by
Clair Ivan Colvin
ISBN-10: 1436343496
ISBN-13: 978-1436343497
- Basic Existentialism Texts
Probably the last philosophy to offer a Weltanschauung. And it did a poor job in its attempt. Nevertheless, it is an important and interesting philosophy. Below are some of the basic texts that offer explanations. I am sure I have omitted some. An...
- Ornaments
It is from Germany that we today get many of our customs, songs, images of Santa, pine trees and European hand blow glass ornaments. How these traditions traveled to England is interesting. Queen Victoria often visited relatives in Germany in the town...
- "smalt"...an Art Phenomena
Ground glass used in paint pigments?--yep. Renaissance artists used ground cobalt containing glass to add vibrancy to their paintings. Smalt is "...a ground blue potassium glass containing cobalt used among the 15th and the 18th centuries. In Europe...
- Diane Ackerman--a Literary Rachel Carson?
Essayist, poet, and writer of natural phenomena--Diane Ackerman [October 7th. 1948]. Diane Ackerman [Wikipedia] Diane Ackerman [Home] A Natural History Of Love ISBN-10: 0679761837 ISBN-13: 978-0679761839 A Natural History of the Senses ISBN-10: 0679735666...
- October 2nd, 1608/october 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Wired... October 2nd, 1608: ...officials in the Netherlands pondered over a patent application. It was submitted by spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey for a "device by means of which all things at a very great distance can be seen as if they were nearby."...