Glasses through the centuries a historical perspective

The emergence of Roman Empire between and 2 century B.C. led to glass making in Rome and other parts of Italy. Both the methods of imparting different colours and of glass blowing had become quite popular 

Therefore, we live in a world in which glasses play a very important role in all aspects of our daily life and this is enough reason for 

The last three chapters summarize unique structural and chemical features of a variety of glasses. They also provide an overview of the important aspects of the glass systems. Chapters 12 and 13 discuss respectively oxide and chalcogenide glasses particularly in view of their chemistry, structure and a number of special phenomena associated with them. In chapter 14, synthesis, structure and properties of halide, oxyhalide, oxynitride and metallic glasses are discussed. Some aspects of glass-like carbon have also been presented. 

Jo Marshall, 1990, Glass Source Book (Chartwell Books Inc., New Jersey). 

O Keeefe and V.D. Frechette, eds., 1984, Natural Glasses (North-Holland, Amsterdam). 

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