Stuff Origins

[...] Gorilla Glass Glass is getting stronger and stronger! The manufacturing company Corning has developed a [...]

[...] Ice-cream Cart in good olden times The origins of ice cream can be traced back to at least the 4th century B.C. Early references include the Roman emperor [...]

[...] gilt frame that sometimes supported candlesticks, which enjoyed great popularity well into the 19th century. Improved skill in mirror making also made possible the introduction of the cheval glass, a [...]

[...] he ever made such pens himself -- let alone, held a patent on them. From the beginning of the 19th century, the number of fountain pen designs patented and produced began to multiply. Three major [...]

[...] manufacturing methods using the superior jaw-style design that had been around since the 19th century, but adding two nibs near the base of the file to prevent lateral movement, replacing the [...]

[...] light; gold is better for infrared light. A one-way mirror is made by putting a very thin layer of silver on the glass, permitting some light to pass through. The mirror looks like an [...]

[...] are typically undergone first. The wire may be tinned, which is where the wire is coated with a thin layer of tin either by hot-dipping it in melted tin or through the electroplating process. Copper [...]

[...] the modern techniques of mirror making. Present-day mirrors are made by sputtering a thin layer of molten aluminum or silver onto the back of a plate of glass in a vacuum. In mirrors used in [...]

[...] manufacturing process contains sodium ions. Corning dips these sheets of glass into a bath of potassium ions.  If you could take the sodium ions out of the aluminosilicate glass and replace them with [...]

[...] memories". Tape became a staple But the company was not first off the blocks in the sticky tape revolution, a new radio programme reveals this week. Take this tape back to those Scotch bosses [...]

[...] were tight fitting, fabrics were dark and Gloria Vanderbilt introduced skinny stretch black denim jeans. And in clubs, “designer” jeans had wild designs on back pockets, and were marketed by [...]

[...] , 3M makes dozens of different Scotch tape, from double-coated tape to electrical duct tape; Freezer Tape to Hair Set Tape. And with the development of super-strong industrial tape over the past 20 [...]

[...] . Still, his finding spurred the U.S. pencil industry to develop writing cores close to these graphite deposits. Eventually, the Thoreau pencil factory came to be known as one of the finest makers of [...]