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• glass — [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• glass — [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear… …   Word origins

• Glass-to-metal seal — Glass to metal seals are a very important element of the construction of vacuum tubes, electric discharge tubes, incandescent light bulbs, glass encapsulated semiconductor diodes, reed switches, pressure tight glass windows in metal cases, and… …   Wikipedia

• GLASS (P.) — GLASS PHILIP (1937 ) Le compositeur américain Philip Glass naît le 31 janvier 1937 à Baltimore. Son père, disquaire et réparateur de radio, initie le jeune Philip à la musique en lui faisant écouter de nombreux disques. À l’âge de huit ans, il… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• glass — [glas, gläs] n. [ME glas < OE glæs, akin to Ger glas < IE base * ĝhel , to shine > GOLD, GLINT, GLOW] 1. a hard, brittle substance made by fusing silicates with soda or potash, lime, and, sometimes, various metallic oxides into a molten… …   English World dictionary

• Glass-coated wire — Glass coating is a process invented in 1924 by G. F. Taylor and converted into production machine by Ulitovski for producing fine glass coated metal filaments only a few micrometres in diameter. In this process, known as the Taylor wire or… …   Wikipedia

• Glass —    GLASS, a parish, chiefly in the district of Strathbogie, county of Aberdeen, but partly in Banffshire, 5 miles (W.) from Huntly; containing 886 inhabitants, of whom 321 are in the county of Banff. This parish, of which the name, in the Gaelic… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Glass ionomer cement — A Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC) is one of a class of materials commonly used in dentistry as filling materials and luting cements. These materials are based on the reaction of silicate glass powder and polyalkeonic acid. These tooth coloured… …   Wikipedia

• GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Glass Pavilion — The Glass Pavilion, built in 1914 by Bruno Taut, was a prismatic glass dome structure at the Cologne Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition. The structure was a brightly colored landmark at the exhibition, and was constructed using concrete and glass. The …   Wikipedia

• Glass Nickel Pizza Company — Infobox Company name = Glass Nickel Pizza Co. type = Privately held company genre = foundation = 1997 founder = Brian Glassel, Tim Nicholson location city = Madison, Wisconsin location country = USA location = locations = 6 restaurants (2007)… …   Wikipedia