Editing Industrial Revolution (section)

===Glass making===
[[File:Crystal Palace interior.jpg|thumb|The Crystal Palace housed the [[The Great Exhibition|Great Exhibition]] of 1851]]
Glass was made in ancient Greece and Rome.<ref>Patrick Degryse, '' Glass making in the Greco-Roman world: results of the ARCHGLASS project'' (Leuven University Press, 2014).</ref> A new method of [[glass production]], known as the [[Cylinder blown sheet glass|cylinder process]], was developed in Europe during the 19th century. In 1832 this process was used by the [[Chance Brothers]] to create [[Plate glass|sheet glass]]; they became the leading producers of window and plate glass. This advancement allowed for larger panes of glass to be created without interruption, thus freeing up the space planning in interiors as well as the fenestration of buildings. [[The Crystal Palace]] is a significant example of the use of sheet glass in a new and innovative structure.<ref>Hentie Louw, "Window-glass making in Britain c. 1660–c. 1860 and its architectural impact." ''Construction History'' (1991): 47–68 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/41613689 online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418185707/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41613689 |date=18 April 2021 }}.</ref>