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Date:  2/22/1995

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Glass: Capturing the Dance of Light by William S. Ellis
COVER ARTICLE, National Geographic, December 1993

Some 4,500 years ago craftsmen in Mesopotamia fired sand, soda, and lime to create glass. Today this solid that acts like a liquid turns up in everything from fine art to fiber optics.