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In 1793 they obtained a loan of £3,000 from the New York State Legislature. In 1793 the firm advertised a reward of $50 for identification of any nearby source of sand suitable for use as raw material in glass making. Also, "Clay for making crucibles and sand for making glass were brought to Albany from Amboy and Port Elizabeth, New Jersey."
The Glass Structure Research Department, [1] founded in 1973 by the Central Institute for Organic Chemistry, investigated chemical strengthening by ion exchange. The technology was invented by Steven Kistler ca. 1962, [ 3 ] further developed [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and soon commercialized by Corning . [ 6 ]
UrbanGlass, located on Fulton Street in the historic 1918 Strand Theatre in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District is the New York metropolitan area's leading glass-blowing facility. [ 1 ] UrbanGlass was founded in 1977 by three artists and was originally known as the New York Experimental Glass Workshop . [ 2 ]
The J&R Lamb Studios was established in 1857 by brothers Joseph (1833–1898) and Richard Lamb (1836–1909) in Greenwich Village in New York City.Their parents, Joseph Lamb (1806-1840) and Elizabeth Clark (1809-1838) were married on October 1, 1832, in Orpington, Kent, England.
[10] Steuben was shown at "The World of Tomorrow" exhibition at the New York City World's Fair in 1939. [11] The Merry-Go-Round Bowl, [12] Audubon Plates, [13] and a pair of Steuben candlesticks [14] were presented to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her wedding. The bowl and plates were presented by President and Mrs. Truman on behalf of ...
The National Center for Charitable Statistics maintains a free online directory of charities, listed by mission and location. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] When the Electronic Data Initiative for Nonprofits Coalition was formed in 2002, the National Center for Charitable Statistics advised the group in furtherance of the goal of integrated federal and state ...
The works was called "the Glass House Company of New York". [123] The Glass House Company of New York was located on the Hudson River on land that included the Glass House Farm and became known as New Found Land. [124] Newspaper advertising indicates that the works was producing by October 1754, and bottles were the main products. The glass ...
The Winter Garden Atrium is a 120 ft (37 m), 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center) office complex. Designed by Diana Balmori , the Atrium was originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, after it was damaged by the collapse of the World Trade ...