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  2. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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    This is when uranium glass reached the height of its popularity in the United States between 1958 and 1978, with more than 4 million pieces of decorative uranium produced, according to Oak Ridge ...

  3. Hourglass - Wikipedia

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    A number of sandglasses could be fixed in a common frame, each with a different operating time, e.g. as in a four-way Italian sandglass likely from the 17th century, in the collections of the Science Museum, in South Kensington, London, which could measure intervals of quarter, half, three-quarters, and one hour (and which were used in churches ...

  4. Category:Glass museums and galleries - Wikipedia

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  5. Corning Museum of Glass - Wikipedia

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    The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old.

  6. Category : Glass museums and galleries in the United States

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    Corning Museum of Glass (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Glass museums and galleries in the United States" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.

  7. Atom (time) - Wikipedia

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    With that meaning, it was later referred to in Medieval philosophical writings as the smallest possible division of time. The earliest known occurrence in English is in Byrhtferth 's Enchiridion (a science text) of 1010–1012, [ 2 ] where it was defined as 1/564 of a momentum (1½ minutes), [ 3 ] and thus equal to almost 160 milliseconds.

  8. Museum of Glass - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m 2) contemporary art museum in Tacoma, Washington, dedicated to the medium of glass. [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, implementing education, and encouraging creativity.

  9. Museum of American Glass in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The West Virginia Museum of American Glass is located in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.It was formed in 1993 for charitable, educational and scientific purposes to discover, procure, publish and preserve whatever may relate to the glass industry in West Virginia, the United States of America, and where ever else glass has been manufactured. [1]