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Wick
Wick town (1991 pop. 7,770), Highland, N Scotland, on Wick Bay at the mouth of the Wick River. The town consists of the villages of Louisburgh, Old Wick, and Pulteneytown. It is an important port for whitefish. Tourism is economically important; the area's famous glass-blowing factory is an attract... Read more
neodymium
neodymium , metallic chemical element; symbol Nd; at. no. 60; at. wt. 144.24; m.p. about 1,021°C; b.p. about 3,068°C; sp. gr. 7.004 at 20°C; valence +3. Neodymium is a lustrous silver-yellow metal. It is one of the rare-earth metals in the lanthanide series of Group 3 of the periodi... Read more
praseodymium
praseodymium [Gr., =green twin], metallic chemical element; symbol Pr; at. no. 59; at. wt. 140.9077; m.p. 931°C; b.p. 3,512°C; sp. gr. about 6.8; valence +3 or +4. Praseodymium is a soft, malleable, ductile, silver-yellow metal. It exhibits allotropy ; the α-form (hexagonal crystalli... Read more
Hebron
Hebron city (2003 est. pop. 155,000), the West Bank, called Al-Khalil in modern Arabic. Hebron is situated at an altitude of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are grown. Tanning, food processing, glassblowing, and the manufacture of sheepskin coats are the maj... Read more

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Louis Comfort Tiffany
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and the name became synonymous with these handmade products of high quality. It is doubtful that Tiffany did much of the glassblowing himself, but he personally supervised the craftsmen and encouraged them to be as inventive as possible. As a result, there...
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...a great variety of singing and dancing acts, models of Paris and Jerusalem, dioramas of the Creation and the Deluge, glassblowing, knitting machines, African Americans performing a war dance, conjoined twins, flower and bird shows, whales, mermaids...
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...unchallenged leadership for several decades. The privations of youth and his delicate constitution hardly equipped Fraunhofer for glassblowing, which caused in 1824 the first symptoms of a respiratory ailment. Proper attention to his health came too late. He died...
Hebron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are grown. Tanning, food processing, glassblowing, and the manufacture of sheepskin coats are the major industries. The city is also a road junction. Hebron has usually...
Francis William Aston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...University of Birmingham). In his spare time he trained himself in the various arts of apparatus construction, especially glassblowing. When his scholarship expired, he took a post with a brewery firm. After 3 years he returned to the University of Birmingham...
Medicine Hat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Medicine Hat city (1991 pop. 43,625), SE Alta., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. It is the center of a farming and ranching area. Natural-gas deposits are exploited. There are light industries and glassblowing and rubber plants.

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Geissler, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...He began working while very young and, having learned glassblowing in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, he practiced this trade...effective. Through use of this pump and his aptitude for glassblowing, Geissler was able to make rather small glass tubes with...
Berzelius, Jöns Jacob
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...but her husband did not approve of the young man and sent him to work in a pharmacy at Vadstena. Here he was able to learn glassblowing. Later in the summer his uncle, to get rid of him, introduced him to Sven Hedin, chief physician at the Medevi mineral...
Kraus, Charles August
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...attracted by the opportunities that appeared in the field, especially by the study of solutions of the alkali metals. Using the glassblowing experience he had gained in Germany, Franklin, in conjunction with Kraus, published eight papers between 1898 and 1905...

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Eye exposure to optical radiation in the glassblowing industry: An investigation in southern Ontario
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...levels of optical radiation hazards in glassblowing are well classified according to the...questionnaire survey in 4 university glassblowing laboratories, and 3 private studios...levels of UV and IR radiation in all glassblowing operations. A supra-threshold IR...
GLASSBLOWING STUDIO LOOKS TO TAKE SHAPE AS ARTS CENTER OWNERS SET TO OFFER COURSES, WORKSHOPS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/20/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...opened as the only year-round public glassblowing studio in Greater Boston. Now its...knew that [nearby] MassArt had a glassblowing component, and we knew there was no...introductory courses and workshops in glassblowing and small metals casting. The studio...
Southern Illinois U.'s glassblowing program gets new spark
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/31/2005; ; 653 words ; ...Southern Illinois University glassblowing program is ready to start anew...University of Louisville's glassblowing program. Lee, a native of Korea...received his master's degree in glassblowing from Rochester Institute of Technology...
Precision Glassblowing of Colorado
Magazine article from: Spectroscopy; 12/1/2003; ; 598 words ; ...Company Description Precision Glassblowing of Colorado has been manufacturing...with a combined professional glassblowing experience of 200 years. Honesty...MS. Markets Served Precision Glassblowing supports the inorganic and organic...
FATHER/SON GLASSBLOWING DUO FIRES UP CAMPUS GLASS SHOP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...for repairs. At the helm of glassblowing operations is research glassblower...says. Charly got his start at glassblowing at a much earlier age, after...directed him to an open house on glassblowing at Salem Community College...
San Jose State U. glassblowing program celebrates 40 years
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/27/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...just be a compliment. This week, the glassblowing program celebrates 40 years of the...graduated in 1978 and now runs the glassblowing program at Alfred University in New...program as a whole, as well. The glassblowing program has been headed by only two...
SALEM COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUM HOSTS SCIENTIFIC GLASS STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY GLASSBLOWING SHOP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/10/2009; 623 words ; ...28, they checked out the chemistry glassblowing shop, as well as a working laboratory...enjoyed the opportunity to show the glassblowing shop to the glass technology students...Dennis was my inspiration to go into glassblowing, after watching him working in his...
Celebrity Cruises Turns Up the Heat with Industry's First-Ever Glassblowing Feature.
PR Newswire; 11/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...Glass to bring the captivating art of glassblowing to sea when the Museum's "Hot Glass...demonstrations and a narrated performance of glassblowing, designed to engage, educate and...will present the history and craft of glassblowing, from its ancient origins to its current...
AREA HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENTS EXPERIENCE GLASSBLOWING WORKSHOP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/8/2008; 523 words ; ...opportunity to participate in a special glassblowing workshop. Repeat workshops are on...instructor, Mark Gregory, is a veteran of glassblowing techniques instruction. During each...safety precautions, the process of glassblowing and basic techniques. Each student...
Fine art of glassblowing lights couple's creative fires
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/19/1998; ; 681 words ; ...that's about 2,000 years old: glassblowing. Their studio is in the back room...watching them. Educating people about glassblowing is a natural for William McKinney...Bowling Green State University and taught glassblowing for two years at Dartmouth College...