Note 111 — Chapter XI · CARTEIA.—TYRE AND HER WARES.—GLASS.
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The Egyptians “were not only acquainted with glass, but excelled in staining it of diverse hues, and their ingenuity had pointed out to them the method of carrying devices of various colours directly through the fused substance.”—Wilkinson. Abulfaragus says, it was known to the Egyptians soon after the flood; and Diodorus says the Ethiopians used it.