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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Material made by melting sand — HINT: It starts with the letter "G"
They were often incorporated into fine glass art paperweights. Until the 15th century, Murano glass makers were only producing drawn Rosetta beads made from molded Rosetta canes. Rosetta beads are made by the layering of a variable number of layers of glass of various colors in a mold, and by pulling the soft glass from both ends until the cane ...
A glass paperweight commemorating the closure of the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital (2002). A paperweight is a small solid object heavy enough, when placed on top of papers, to keep them from blowing away in a breeze or from moving under the strokes of a painting brush (as with Chinese calligraphy).
The turn of the 19th century was the height of the old art glass movement while the factory glass blowers were being replaced by mechanical bottle blowing and continuous window glass. Great ateliers like Tiffany , Lalique , Daum , Gallé , the Corning schools in upper New York state, and Steuben Glass Works took glass art to new levels.
In 1944, Dominick left Owens-Illinois to pursue the fiber glass industry with long-time business partner and Executive VP of I-O, Randolph H Barnard. Barnard formed Glass Fibers, Inc. in Toledo, Labino was the head of Research and Development. In 1958, Johns-Manville acquired Glass Fibers, Inc., creating Johns-Manville's modern fiber glass ...
In the 1830s Bacchus produced pressed glass by using a plunger to force molten glass into a cast-iron mold. In the 1850s, they began making cased glass, which has thin layers of different colors which can be cut away to produce cameo glass. [2] Bacchus also produced cut glass items, including Venetian-style paperweights [3] and tableware. [2]
The local sand, however, proved unsuitable for manufacturing clear glass (as its high iron content would turn the glass green). [2] The company soon specialised in the manufacture of glass paperweights, plus some ornamental glassware. The firm also became well known for supplying the annual trophy for the BBC Mastermind television quiz programme.
The metal clamps on your slow cooker are designed for portability, not cooking. Using them during cooking can cause steam to build up and your device may crack.