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Histarch. . .
A colleague and I were recently discussing the rainbow of different
bottle glass colors between the dates of 1870 and 1930. I have it in my
head that light blue/green "aqua" glass was what you might call just
Basic Glass--what you'd get if you melted a handful of sand with lime
and soda, no additives. Stemming from this, I also have it in my head
that blue-green was the cheapest color of bottle glass to produce, and
that it was also relatively undesirable once the use of manganese as a
clarifying agent became commonplace.
This is a classic case of me not being able to remember where I read a
very specific piece of information. . . can anyone confirm or refute the
previous statement, maybe with some references? Thanks!
Kris Farmen
Northern Land Use Research, Inc.
Fairbanks, Alaska
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