 It is, however, from among the ruins of ancient buildings that glass is found in all the stages of disintegration , and there is, perhaps, no material body that ceases to exist with so much grace and beauty, when it surrenders itself to time and not to...  Elements of Glass and Glass Making - Seite 22von Benjamin Franklin Biser - 1899 - 174 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1861 - 604 Seiten
...the stages of decomposition ; and there is perhaps no material body that ceases to exist with such grace and beauty, when it surrenders itself to time and not to disease. in damp localities, whore acids and alkalies prevail in the soil, the glass rota as it were by a process which, owing to... | |
 | Sir Austin Henry Layard - 1853 - 660 Seiten
...among the ruins of ancient buildings that glass is found in all the stages of disintegration , and there is, perhaps, no material body that ceases to...soil, the glass rots, as it were, by a process which it is difficult to study. It may be broken between the fingers of an infant, and in this state we generally... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1853 - 750 Seiten
...all the stages of disintegration ; and there is, perhaps, no material body that ceases to exist witli so much grace and beauty, when it surrenders itself...soil, the glass rots, as it were, by a process which it is difficult to study. It may be broken between the fingers of an infant, and in this state we generally... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1856 - 642 Seiten
...among the ruins of ancient buildings that glass is found in all the stages of disintegration ; and there is, perhaps, no material body that ceases to...soil, the glass rots, as it were, by a process which it is difficult to study. It may be broken between the fingers of an infant, and in this state we generally... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1861 - 602 Seiten
...the stages of decomposition ; and there is perhaps no material body that ceases to exist with such grace and beauty, when it surrenders itself to time...soil, the glass rots as it were by a process which, owing to the opacity of the rotten part, it is difficult to study, it may be broken between the fingers... | |
 | Madeline Anne Wallace- Dunlop - 1882 - 312 Seiten
...It is from the ruins of ancient buildings that glass is found in all stages of disintegration ; and there is perhaps no material body that ceases to exist...it surrenders itself to time and not to disease." 1 The beautiful colours on iridescent or decomposed glass are formed by thin films of disintegrated... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1857 - 828 Seiten
...among the ruins of ancient buildings that glass is found in all the stages of disintegration ; and there is, perhaps, no material body that ceases to...soil, the glass rots, as it were, by a process which it is difficult to study. It may be broken between the fingers of an infant, and in this state we generally... | |
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