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The Alchemy of Glass - Adam McLean - 01-05-2023
The Alchemy of Glass Counterfeit, Imitation, and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking
Marco Beretta
Published 2009
The book illustrates how glass played an important role in ancient technical and alchemical literature and how the chemical operations devised to improve glass-making inspired alchemists to better define the theoretical boundaries of their discipline and, more specifically, the notion of transmutation.
Now made available online:-
https://www.academia.edu/40144531/The_Alchemy_of_Glass_Counterfeit_Imitation_and_Transmutation_in_Ancient_Glassmaking