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	home > about glass EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES In this page you will find some interesting material about glass history, its nature, properties, etc. The following text "A Resource for Glass" is a mirror of The Corning Museum of Glass pages. Next there is a link to the "Introduction of Glass Science" course given at the University of Missouri-Rolla, US by Prof. Richard K. Brow. At the end you can find some statistics on the glass industry in Brazil, compiled by Profs. Ana C. M. Rodrigues and Edgar D. Zanotto. Enjoy.... NOVEMBER 1^ST, 2008: Chief-Editor Edgar D. Zanotto appears at Globo Universidade presenting recent findings from our laboratory A RESOURCE FOR GLASS ART, HISTORY, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES, TECHNOLOGY Contents: This resource contains information collected in response to questions most often asked by teachers and students. Much of the material relates to more than one subject and can lend itself to interdisciplinary learning. Arrange and reproduce those pages that may meet your curriculum needs. You may view & print pages out individually according to topics by clicking on each link below or you may view & print the entire Resource of Glass as a PDF file see instructions immediately below.  PDF file: (You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view & print this file. If you do not already have it, this is a free download from Adobe and is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Download PDF file of A Resource of Glass. NOTE: May be reproduced, with attribution, for non-profit educational purposes. (Images are shown in black & white for faster downloading) Use the BACK button to return to our page. · THE GLASSY STATE - IN BRIEF · NATURAL/VOLCANIC GLASS — A DEFINITION OF GLASS · GLASSMAKING DISCOVERED / "SECRET INSTRUCTIONS" · CAST AND CUT / CUTTING · CORE FORMING — COLORED GLASS · EGYPTIAN INLAY · GLASSBLOWING DISCOVERED  · ROMAN LUXURY GLASS /CAGE CUP — CAMEO GLASS · THE "UNBREAKABLE" GLASS OF ANCIENT ROME · A GREAT MESSAGE FROM THE PAST · THE MYSTERY SLAB OF BETH SHE'ARIM  · A TECHNOLOGICAL MYSTERY RESOLVED · TYPES OF GLASS — GLASS vs. POTTERY/PORCELAIN · PRINCE RUPERT'S DROP AND GLASS STRESS · ENGRAVING  · SIMPLE GLASS MAKING  · CHEMISTRY OF GLASS — CHEMICAL COUSINS · SAM SCHOLES FUDGE · GLASS IN THE FAR EAST · CRIZZLING AND THE PRESERVATION... — POLARIZED GLASS · JOBS IN A 19th CENTURY FACTORY — DOWN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY · FOR A BETTER LANTERN - BORAX · REFLECTING TELESCOPE MIRROR / THE HALE TELESCOPE · GLASS AND THE SPACE ORBITER · LASER COMMUNICATION THROUGH GLASS — FIBER OPTICS · ANNEALING — RUNNING GLASS/GLASS FLOW · THE MECHANICAL PRESS — THE GLASS RIBBON · MODERN MASS-PRODUCTION — POLLUTION CONTROL · MODERN MACHINE FORMING · GLASS MUSIC — ART IS THE BIG IN-BETWEEN · Emile Gallé: DREAMS INTO GLASS — STUDIO GLASS  · TOOLS · PROPERTIES OF GLASS: Mechanical · PROPERTIES OF GLASS: Electrical · PROPERTIES OF GLASS: Optical · PROPERTIES OF GLASS: Thermal · PROPERTIES OF GLASS: Chemical · GLASS FROM SPACE: NASA Additional Resources: Glossary of Glassmaking Terms used in A Resource for Glass Link to: "História do vidro", by ABIVIDRO (in portuguese). Link to: CER103 Home Page - "Introduction to Glass Science", this sophomore-level required course is taught every winter semester. Link to: “Learn more”, by  Saint – Gobain (in english and portuguese) Link to: “Glass”, by Wikipedia (in english) Link to: "Schott Glass" Link to: "Facts about glass" and "Glass types", by Glass on Web Paper: RODRIGUES, A.C.M. & ZANOTTO, E.D. "Glass industry and research in Brazil", Glass International, 25: (2) 2002, 24-27, invited. [pdf format] Text: ZANOTTO, E.D. "Vidro: Ciência, Tecnologia e Emprego no Brasil no Limiar do Terceiro Milênio" [rtf format] Paper: MACFARLANE A. MARTIN, G. "Beyond the Ivory Tower: A World of Glass", Science 305: (5689) 2004, 1407-08. [pdf format] Text: Dupla de pesquisadores sugere que o material foi a mola-mestra da revolução científica e industrial européia de 1200 a 1850. "O Vidro Explica", FSP Newspaper 09/08/04 [pdf format] Theses available at our library [excel file]
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