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Florence, Gene. Anchor Hocking's Fire-King & More Identification & Value Guide, Including Early American Prescut and Wexford. Paducah, Ky: Collector Books, 2000. ISBN 1-57432-164-1; Hopper, Philip. Anchor Hocking Decorated Pitcher[S] and Glasses The Fire King Years. A Schiffer book for collectors. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 2002. ISBN 0-7643-1488-2
Anchor Hocking Company is a manufacturer of glassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins in Lancaster, Ohio , and named after the Hocking River . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] That company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation in 1937.
The Pyrex-brand traditional measuring cup (the Anchor Hocking-brand look-alike is shown, right) is available in 1 cup (8 ounce), 2 cup (16 ounce), 4 cup (32 ounce) and 8 cup (64 ounce) sizes and includes U.S. customary units in quarter, third, half and two-thirds cup increments, as well as metric units. Measuring spoon
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Irish publisher of nautical charts Robert Blachford organized manufacture of such anchors and printed a book [6] on them to promote their use in 1823. [7] Hawkins' anchor was tested by the Dutch Navy in 1825 which dismissed it as not holding well in mud. [8] It's believed that the invention appeared ahead of its time and thus wasn't adopted. [9]
The amount of the ANCHOR benefit depends on your income and whether you rent or own your home. Renters: Typically receive a fixed amount. Homeowners: Receive a benefit based on their income.
In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, rope, or load to a climbing surface—typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building—either permanently or temporarily. The intention of an anchor is case-specific but is usually for fall protection, primarily fall arrest and fall restraint.
The anchor must be adequate to resist the maximum tensile load of the guy wires; both the dead load of the tension of the wire and the maximum possible live load due to wind. Since the guy wire exerts its force at an angle, the anchor has both vertical and lateral (horizontal) forces on it.