Colors in Cambridge Glass II
Colors in Cambridge Glass II

Author: National Cambridge Collectors Inc

Publisher:

Published: 2006-08-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574325119

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Colors in Cambridge Glass II features 60 full-page color photos showing all the colors produced by the Cambridge Glass Company. In addition to those showing numerous items in individual colors, there are photos that compare several similar colors, transparent and opaque. Also included are shots illustrating such items as swans, the Statuesque line, and figural flower frogs. Each color photo is accompanied by a page of narrative, describing the color, its history, and the pieces shown. Compiled and written by National Cambridge Collectors, Inc., the book showcases glass from the organization's museum collection. All of the photographs and narratives are new with well over 1,000 pieces pictured. When possible, comments taken from trade journals dating to the time of the specific color's introduction are provided. Cambridge collectors are sure to be pleased with this new book.

Colors in Cambridge Glass
Colors in Cambridge Glass

Author: National Cambridge Collectors, Inc

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780891452706

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A full-color reference compiled by the National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. Includes a history of the company, complete descriptions, and a current value guide. Holds more Cambridge glass than any other book. 1999 values.

The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas
The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas

Author: Axel Mellinger

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-20

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781107013469

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Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas presents the whole sky through large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts. Each double-page spread shows a section of the night sky and is accompanied by an inverted chart highlighting and naming double stars, variable stars, open clusters, galactic and planetary nebulae, globular clusters, and galaxies. The 82 large-scale charts, with a scale of 1° per cm, identify over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars. Providing a giant mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers.

Through the Language Glass
Through the Language Glass

Author: Guy Deutscher

Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1429970111

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A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language—and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the world depend on whether our language has a word for "blue"? Challenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are hard-wired in our genes and thus universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is—yes. In thrilling fashion, he takes us from Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water—a "she"—becomes a "he" once you dip a tea bag into her, demonstrating that language does in fact reflect culture in ways that are anything but trivial. Audacious, delightful, and field-changing, Through the Language Glass is a classic of intellectual discovery.

Introduction to Glass Science and Technology
Introduction to Glass Science and Technology

Author: James E Shelby

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1782625119

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This book provides a concise and inexpensive introduction for an undergraduate course in glass science and technology. The level of the book has deliberately been maintained at the introductory level to avoid confusion of the student by inclusion of more advanced material, and is unique in that its text is limited to the amount suitable for a one term course for students in materials science, ceramics or inorganic chemistry. The contents cover the fundamental topics of importance in glass science and technology, including glass formation, crystallization, phase separation and structure of glasses. Additional chapters discuss the most important properties of glasses, including discussion of physical, optical, electrical, chemical and mechanical properties. A final chapter provides an introduction to a number of methods used to form technical glasses, including glass sheet, bottles, insulation fibre, optical fibres and other common commercial products. In addition, the book contains discussion of the effects of phase separation and crystallization on the properties of glasses, which is neglected in other texts. Although intended primarily as a textbook, Introduction to Glass Science and Technology will also be invaluable to the engineer or scientist who desires more knowledge regarding the formation, properties and production of glass.

Ancient Glass
Ancient Glass

Author: Julian Henderson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1139619373

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This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines why and how this unique material was invented some 4,500 years ago and considers the ritual, social, economic, and political contexts of its development. The book also provides an in-depth consideration of glass as a material, the raw materials used to make it, and its wide range of chemical compositions in both the East and the West from its invention to the seventeenth century AD. Julian Henderson focuses on three contrasting archaeological and scientific case studies: Late Bronze Age glass, late Hellenistic-early Roman glass, and Islamic glass in the Middle East. He considers in detail the provenances of ancient glass using scientific techniques and discusses a range of vessels and their uses in ancient societies.

On Vision and Colors; Color Sphere
On Vision and Colors; Color Sphere

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1616890053

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During the first two decades of the nineteenth century, two of the most significant theoretical works on color since Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura were written and published in Germany: Arthur Schopenhauer's On Vision and Colors and Philipp Otto Runge's Color Sphere. For Schopenhauer, vision is wholly subjective in nature and characterized by processes that cross over into the territory of philosophy. Runge's Color Sphere and essay "The Duality of Color" contained one of the first attempts to depict a comprehensive and harmonious color system in three dimensions. Runge intended his color sphere to be understood not as a product of art, but rather as a "mathematical figure of various philosophical reflections." By bringing these two visionary color theories together within a broad theoretical context—philosophy, art, architecture, and design—this volume uncovers their enduring influence on our own perception of color and the visual world around us.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-08-16

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1101652969

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From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world’' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.

Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass

Author: Sheldon Barr

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0691222673

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Murano Glass and its Collectors in Aesthetic America / Melody Barnett Deusner -- Venetian Mosaics and Glass in the United States, 1860-1917 / Sheldon Barr -- "Where Have Titian's Beauties Gone?" : Sargent and Whistler on the Streets of Venice / Stephanie Mayer Heydt -- Interweaving Worlds : Antique and Revival Lace in Italy and in the United States, 1872-1927 / Diana Jocelyn Greenwold -- Sparks of Genius : American Art and the Appeal of Modern Venetian Glass / Crawford Alexander Mann III -- Biographies / Brittany Emens Strupp, Crawford Alexander Mann III.

Encyclopedia of Cobalt Glass
Encyclopedia of Cobalt Glass

Author: Tom Felt

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574326154

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Glass containing cobalt has been discovered from the Babylonian-Assyrian period, the Mycenaean era, and the Roman Empire. Commercially, cobalt was not used as a glass colorant until the late 1800s. Small quantities of cobalt were produced by American glass companies from the late 1800s to the mid-1920s. Most of the American cobalt glass in this book is from the mid-1920s to World War II. Several companies including the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, the L.E. Smith Glass Company, and the MacBeth-Evans Glass Company produced machine-molded cobalt glass during the 1930s that can be considered true Depression glass. Many of the major glass companies are covered in this book: Cambridge, Central Glass, Duncan & Miller, Fostoria Glass, Hazel Atlas, A.H. Heisey, Imperial, Paden City, Westmoreland, and many more. There are over 800 color photos. Items shown include candlesticks, bowls, compotes, cake stands, trays and platters, glasses, pitchers, and perfumes. 2009 values.