Who invented Glass?

Answer 1

I wondered about this myself awhile back. I don't know if anyone knows who invented it, but it was known to the ancients, including the Roman empire. However, their glass was of poor quality and very brittle, and was only used to make wine storage jugs. They used to weave basketwork around the lower 3/4 of the jug to help prevent breakage. A wreck of an early Roman ship was found awhile back that contained several hundred of these on board when it sank. The knowledge of glassmaking was lost with the fall of the Roman empire, but was re-invented in the latter half of the medieval period, and this time the major use was colored glass for "stained glass" church windows. In the early modern era, i.e. 1600s-1700s, glass making was perfected to a fine art and science, with some of the best glass produced in Venice, Italy, which became world famous for their secret glass making methods and abilities. The early American colony of Jamestown, Virginia started glass making in the early 1600s, for export to Europe, but the industry was mostly a failure. You can still go to Jamestown today and see glass being made just as the old colonists used to make it, and you may purchase some of their wares that are made right before your eyes.

Answer 2

Egypt and Mesopotamia in 3,000 a.D. where the first civilazations to manufacture glass

Answer 3

I doubt anyone knows. It's quite old.

Why don't you Wiki it?