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SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance)) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. Its 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. [2]
Fenton had a long history of decorating glass that goes back to its beginnings in 1905. [1] The Fenton Art Glass company started out as a decorating company that purchased blanks from glass manufacturers and placed their own decorations on them. [2] Fenton did not manufacturer glass until 1907 a year after the Williamstown, WV plant was built. [2]
New England Glass Company 1855. Glass is made by starting with a batch of ingredients, melting it, forming the glass product, and gradually cooling it. [Note 1] In 1800, the United States had no more than ten glass factories.
This pattern consists of a wreath of grapes and leaves around a flower in the center. The base is the shape of a dome. Unlike the Fenton Vintage design, this pattern is closer to the center and has breaks. [25] Wreath of Roses Roses and leavers that go around the outside of the bowl. Only a small rosebowl and a candy dish were produced in this ...
This is a list of books originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Farrar, Straus and Giroux is one of the most prominent publishers of literature in the United States, with many of their books having received major literary awards, and with numerous Nobel Laureates published by them.
A parts book, parts catalogue or illustrated part catalogue is a book published by a manufacturer which contains the illustrations, part numbers and other relevant data for their products or parts thereof. Parts books were often issued as microfiche, though this has fallen out of favour.
A short-title catalogue (or catalog) is a bibliographical resource that lists printed items in an abbreviated fashion, recording the most important words of their titles. The term is commonly encountered in the context of early modern books, which frequently have lengthy, descriptive titles on their title pages .
The ESTC began life as the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue, with the same abbreviation, covering only 1701 to 1800.Earlier printed works had been catalogued in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave's Short Title Catalogue (1st edn 1926; 2nd edn, 1976–91) for the period 1473 to 1640; and Donald Goddard Wing's similarly titled bibliography (1945–51, with later supplements and addenda ...