Until about 1880, only two types of glass were known with respect to their chemical composition, soda-lime-silica glass and lead glass. Although glass containing boron had been manufactured occasionally since the Middle Ages, Otto Schott, was the first to develop borosilicate glass to a level of scientific and industrial maturity.
Origin
Schott Glaswerke
Journal Title
Glastech Ber 66 6/7 1993 165-173
Sector
General
Class
G 942