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- Glass (26176 bytes)
22: ...perties (the germainium contributing to a lower [[index of refraction]]). Undersea cables have sections...
32: ...horium]] oxide gives glass a very high refractive index, and is used in producing high-quality lenses. La...
37: ...roduce an opaque [[white]] glass, first used in [[Venice]] to produce an imitation [[porcelain]]. 2 to 3% ...
44: ...e been found on the island of [[Torcello]] near [[Venice]]. These form an important link between Roman tim...
46: ... This technique was perfected in [[13th century]] Venice. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
18: ...[1609]], he demonstrated his first telescope to [[Venice|Venetian]] lawmakers. His work on the device also...
117: ... matter. His ''Dialogue'' had been put on the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'', the official black lis...
137: ...reus Nuncius|The Starry Messenger]]'' [[1610]] [[Venice]] (in [[Latin]], ''[[Sidereus Nuncius]]'') - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
27: ...kfurt Book Fair]], he received an invitation to [[Venice]] from one Zuane Mocenigo, who wished to be instr...
29: ...some form of magic. When Bruno attempted to leave Venice, Mocenigo denounced him to the Inquisition. He wa...
37: ...eceive it.'' All his works were placed on the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' in [[1603]]. Four hundr... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
10: ...ing house of [[Aldine Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active assoc...
34: ...re honoured with a distinguished place on the ''[[Index of Prohibited Books]]''. - Fashion (7767 bytes)
20: ... [[Nuremburg]] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]]...
44: ...]]). Adherence to fashion trends can thus form an index of social [[affluence]] and an indicator of [[soc...
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