Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758

Note 48 — LXXX. A Dissertation on the Antiquity of Glass in Windows. In a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. By the Rev. John Nixon, M. A. F.R.S.

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Seneca, exposing the luxury of the Romans with regard to their baths, says, Pauper sibi videtur ac sordidus, nisi parietes magnis ac pretiosis orbibus refulserint—nisi vitro absconditur camera.—Ep. 86.

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