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Khan Academy: Glassmaking Technique: Free Blown Glass

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Ancient glass makers near Jerusalem discovered they could inflate hot glass to make vessels quickly and more cheaply. Watch this ancient technique of free-blown glass (footage [2:04] from the Corning Museum of Glass). Created by Getty Museum.

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