The market soon found another solution for glassmaking, a new type of coal furnace, patented in 1611 by Edward Zouch.

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Most importantly, he inspired people to experiment with glassmaking as art.

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It was compounded from a mixture of practical knowledge of things like metallurgy, pharmacy and glassmaking with the Greek practice of analysing and theorising about the world that is known as philosophy.

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