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Study Days and Day meetingsGlass in Science and Medicine - and AGMStudy Day 10.00 Registration and Refreshments First Session: Glass the stuff of Chemistry 10.30 Glass and the Alchemists - Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk (Glasmuseum Hentrich, Dusseldorf) 11.00 Islamic Chemical Glass - Susan Mossman (Science Museum) 11.30 Glass for medicine and distillation in medieval Europe - Rachel Tyson (Glass Vessels Ltd)
12.00 Lunch (not included in the conference fee) 13.00 Association for the History of Glass - AGM. All are welcome to attend this meeting, but only Members may exercise a vote. Second Session: Glass the stuff of Physics 13.30 A paper on lenses in antiquity - (author to be confirmed) 14.00 Antimony glass and Newton’s Telescope - Anna Marie Roos (Oxford University) 14.30 Pioneers in optical glass manufacture - Michael Cable (Sheffield University) 15.00 Refreshments Third Session: Glass the Once and Future Thing 15.30 Two Centuries of Scientific Glassblowing - Paul Le Pinnet (British Society of Scientific Glassblowers) 16.00 Optical Fibres and the Struggle for Glass Purity - John Parker (Sheffield University) 16.30 X-actly so! Glass and the development of X-ray methods in analysis - Margaret West (West X-Ray Solutions) 17.00 Close Download the Programme (pdf, 166kb) If you would like to attend, please send your full contact details, a stamped, addressed envelope and a cheque for £35.00 (non members), £25.00 (AHG members), or £10.00 (full-time students - proof required) payable to The Association for the History of Glass Ltd. to: Sandra Davison (Hon. Sec), 68 East Street, Thame, Oxon OX9 3JS. Email: sandbill@crash2000.net. Receipts with SAE, by email or on the day. Participants who normally live outside the UK may pay upon arrival at the venue in UK sterling. Members wishing to attend the AGM only may do so free of charge.
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