Glass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_glass

The author of "Stuff Matters" proposed that glass is what sparked the development of astronomy, biology, and chemistry through telescope lenses, microscope lenses, and chemistry equipment. I wonder if glass also influenced architecture via stain-glass windows. I Googled a timeline of glass to compare it with the timeline of renaissance science. I looked at glass artifacts and the first items that looked like they were made out of decent glass were brought back by the crusaders. Much of it was brought back to Italy. I suppose Islamic glass pushed glass makers in Europe/Italy to make better glass. I think this is also the place and time where science blossomed.

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-11/making-glass-grill-video

Glass could be a link between a timeline of world history and a time line of science history and art. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/ahow/ahow_20100622-1000a.mp3 [] [] http://www.lifeinitaly.com/murano/glassmaking.asp http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/2GL6QSA8SMmcMCtPgHQJsw http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/arts_fire/

Modern Glass http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-cutting-edge-glass-20151025-story.html

Renaissance Glass http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/500284.html http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/500284.html http://www.webexhibits.org/hockneyoptics/post/stork.html http://buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/stained/renais.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/was-it-done-with-mirrors/ https://www.sightsize.com/articles/the-mirror-the-master-of-painters/ http://renvenetian.cmog.org/

[|Bohemia], a part of the Czech Republic ( [|Kingdom of Bohemia] ), became famous for its beautiful and colourful glass during the [|Renaissance]. The history of Bohemian glass started with the abundant natural resources found in the countryside. Bohemian glass-workers discovered [|potash] combined with chalk created a clear colourless glass that was more stable than glass from [|Italy]. This glass contained no lead as is commonly suspected. This Czech glass could be cut with a wheel.

Murano glassmakers started to introduce new products such as glass mirrors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_glass http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/ancient-glass.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassblowing