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  2. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    Weeks joined Corning 132 years into the company’s 173-year history. Founded in 1851 by a merchant named Amory Houghton Sr., it began as the Bay State Glass Co., a small company in Massachusetts ...

  3. Corning Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was named Corning Glass Works until 1989. [2]

  4. Steuben Glass Works - Wikipedia

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    Steuben Glass is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning.

  5. Harvey Littleton - Wikipedia

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    Harvey Kline Littleton was born in Corning, New York, the fourth offspring of Dr. Jesse T. Littleton Jr., and Bessie Cook Littleton.His father was a physicist who had been recruited from the faculty at the University of Michigan to join the first research team at Corning Glass Works.

  6. Pyrex - Wikipedia

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    A PYREX measuring cup manufactured c. 1980, featuring graduations in both U.S. and metric units. Pyrex (trademarked as PYREX and pyrex) is a brand introduced by Corning Inc. in 1915, initially for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware.

  7. Little Joe Tower - Wikipedia

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    Little Joe Tower is a landmark structure in Corning, New York, United States. The tower was built in either 1912 [1] [2] or 1913 [3] [4] by Corning Glass Works (now known as Corning Incorporated). The construction came during a period of growth for the company, and the 187-foot (57 m) tower was used in drawing glass for thermometer tubes.

  8. Houghton family - Wikipedia

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    Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906–1990), philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Co., a former division of Corning Glass; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass; Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), four-time Academy Award-winning actress, and named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute.

  9. Corelle - Wikipedia

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    Corelle serving bowl, in "Butterfly Gold" [1] [2] pattern introduced at launch in 1970. Corelle is a brand of glassware and dishware.It is made of Vitrelle, a tempered glass product consisting of two types of glass laminated into three layers.