At this day and age, we Filipinos are known to be social drinkers with our family, friends and our peers. We enjoy these softdrink, healthdrink, even water, wine, and beer bottles to our own fill and desires day in and out but little do we know about these varieties of bottles or it's glass, per se.
This thread is purposely for us glass fanatics and enthusiasts to delve more on the general information or basics about glass bottles. Their history, physical and chemical characteristics and even trivia so basically this is your one-stop-thread of GLASS 101.
Maayo man gali ta mokilatis sa atong mga girls, why not ato mga glasses, aite? hehehe... so join in the fun in knowing and raising our glasses!
for starters, do you know that we have our own Glass Plant right in the heart of cebu?
Basic History about Glass
5000 BC – The Discovery of Glass
Natural glass has existed since the beginnings of time, formed when certain types of rocks melt as a result of high-temperature phenomena such as volcanic eruptions, lightning strikes or the impact of meteorites, and then cool or solidify rapidly.
Stone age man is believed to have used cutting tools made of obsidian (a natural glass of volcanic origin also known as hyalopsite, Iceland agate, or mountain mahogany) and tektites (naturally-formed glasses of extraterrestrial or other origin, also referred to as obsidianites).
According to the ancient Roman historian, Pliny (AD 23-29), Phoenician merchants transporting stone actually discovered glass (or rather became aware of its existence accidently) in the region of Syria around 5000 B.C.
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