2nd Millennium
- 1448 – Johann Gutenberg develops type metal alloy
- 1450s – Cristallo, a clear soda-based glass is invented by Angelo Barovier
- 1540 – Vannoccio Biringuccio publishes first systematic book on metallurgy
- 1556 – Georg Agricola's influential book on metallurgy
- 1590 – Glass lenses are developed in the Netherlands and used for the first time in microscopes and telescopes
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