GLASS.
The Egyptians ar? said to have been taught the art of making glass by Hermes. The discovery of glass took pjace in Syria, and we know, from the ruins of Pompeii, that windows were formed of glass before the year 79.
The manufacture of glass bottles is of a much more recent date. Some idea of th© amount of glass used in bottles may be gathered from the fact that orer a million bottles of Wolfe's Schnapps are sold every year in Australasia. Whilst this gives some | slight idea of the extent to which glass bottles are used, it also emphatically testifies to the j enormous popularity and sterling merits of ; this incomparable stimulant. J
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8604, 8 March 1897, Page 3
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116GLASS. Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8604, 8 March 1897, Page 3
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