History of Glass

The glass which is a miracle of silica sand, soda and heat created by the nature has always attracted human kind and pushed them for creativity. According to Roman historian Pliny, Phoenician sailors discovered the glass in 5000 B.C. by chance. Sailors, who made fire in order to cook at the beach on south shores of Anatolia, used soda blocks they were carrying in their ship to put onto the fire when they could not find any stone. When they got up, they saw transparent glass crystals shining within the ashes.
 
The glass first produced in Egypt and Mesopotamia and then in Rome and Byzantium was also produced in Middle Asia, Anatolia and Europe. In 17th and 18th centuries, the glass was produced by cutting lengthwise after releasing the glass cylinders produced by straight glass blowing technique from blowing rod. This method was developed in 19th century by smoothing the glass cylinder with heat and pressurized air; it was facilitated by surface glazing techniques and by water, steam and electrical power respectively; it became prevalent and cheaper by glass absorption techniques at the end of 19th century.
  
Float technique found in 1960s helped glass production to develop much. Float glass with perfect, smooth and parallel surface formed of hardened glass pulp floating over liquid tin composed a perfect substructure within secondary processes.