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a glass time capsule that outlives the message, the sailor, and the empire that sent it
means A container, usually glass or plastic with a narrow neck, made for holding and pouring liquids.
from From Old French 'boteille', which came from Late Latin 'butticula', a diminutive of 'buttis' meaning a cask or barrel — so a bottle is literally a 'little barrel.' That same 'buttis' is the ancestor of 'butt' (as in a butt of wine) and a likely cousin of 'butler', the keeper of the bottles.
- oldest message
- A note found 132 years after being tossed
- glass age
- Glass takes a million years to decompose
- klein bottle
- A surface with no inside, mathematically impossible to fill
- ship inside
- Built outside, masts pulled upright through the neck
- genie myth
- Spirits trapped in bottles predate lamps by centuries
for instance
coca-cola glass bottle — iconic 6.5 oz contour bottle designed in 1915, still produced today
bordeaux wine bottle — sloped shoulder design from bordeaux region, holds 750ml standard since 18th century