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The Weibull modulus is a dimensionless parameter of the Weibull distribution. It represents the width of a probability density function (PDF) in which a higher modulus is a characteristic of a narrower distribution of values.
The fit of a Weibull distribution to data can be visually assessed using a Weibull plot. [17] The Weibull plot is a plot of the empirical cumulative distribution function F ^ ( x ) {\displaystyle {\widehat {F}}(x)} of data on special axes in a type of Q–Q plot .
The Zsolnay factory was established by Miklós Zsolnay (1800–1880) in Pécs, Hungary, to produce stoneware and other ceramics in 1853.In 1863, his son, Vilmos Zsolnay (1828–1900) joined the company and became its manager and director after several years.
Frank Jr. died in 1998. In 2002 the molded glass operation was spun off as The Glass Group Inc., which filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2005. Its assets were purchased by India-based Gujarat Glass and Kimble Glass, a subsidiary of Gerresheimer, a German concern. The company owned the assets of Stangl Pottery from 1972 to 1978.
The creator of the Phanolith was the ceramics artist Jean-Baptiste Stahl, who headed the modelling section of Villeroy & Boch. Phanolith gained first wide public attention at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900). Villeroy & Boch has continued to base its broadest market in Germany. The company's Luxembourg factory was closed down in 2010.
PPG expanded quickly. By 1900, known as the "Glass Trust", it included 10 plants, had a 65 percent share of the U.S. plate glass market, and had become the nation's second largest producer of paint. [4] Today, known as PPG Industries, the company is a multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 corporation with 150 manufacturing locations around the world.
Zerodur is a lithium-aluminosilicate glass-ceramic manufactured by Schott AG. Zerodur has a near zero coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and is used for high-precision applications in telescope optics , microlithography machines and inertial navigation systems .
It was initially named the Glidden, Brackett & Company and was renamed later to the Glidden & Joy Company, [3] and in 1890 incorporated as The Glidden Varnish Company. [3] Francis Glidden retired from the business at the age of 85, turning the company over to Adrian D. Joyce and his associates after a public sale.