The history of glass windows has a somewhat prestigious past due to the Romans beginning the use in 100 AD for villas or buildings of the prestigious. Glass that was produced by Romans has a recorded history of being found in the Mediterranean and across Europe as well as in China. In the eleventh century some German Craftsmen found that by producing smaller flatter pieces of glass they could create designs by putting the glass pieces together with lead, which was the beginning of stained glass.
The development of machines and advanced equipment made it possible to get glass produced in a more uniform way which was used for items such as vases, bottles or decorative items. Belgium resident Fourcault, discovered in 1914 that he could use a take furnace as a way of producing glass in continuous sheets.
A tank furnace was the new item towards the industrial revolution end that replaced the pot furnace. The newer tank furnace made it possible to develop large amounts of molten glass. After Fourcault another gentleman, an American named Colburn expanded on Fourcaults ideas with newer and improved ways to produce sheet glass.
Colburns idea spread and was soon thereafter adapted into the process used by the Libby Owens Company. In 1928 the Pittsburgh process combined both Fourcault and Colburns systems to create a better system that is still in use for glass sheets today. At the last parts of the Victorian era glass was beginning to be more accessible and less expensive due to the amounts produced by the Pittsburgh system.
In 1851 the Great Exhibition had on display the Crystal Palace a structure completely made from glass. The crystal palace encouraged home owners everywhere to begin using glass windows for replacing the sheets of wood previously used as protection against the elements.
From the Romans version of windows to the modern day version of Plexiglas windows. The history of glass windows has progressed over the years. Stained glass has gone through small intricate pieces to elaborate works of art and the thick bulky pieces of glass for a window covering has gone from thin and easily damaged to Plexiglas.
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