* Glass Packaging Institute threads ( GPI ), primarily for glass bottles and vials

Glass of Caluso passito, a raisin wine from Piedmont Dessert wines are sweet wines typically served with dessert.

Glass units typically include at least one low emissivity ( Low-E ) coating applied to one or more glass surfaces to reduce the U-factor and especially SHGC by suppressing radiant heat flow.

Glass can be " double rolled ", which means it is passed through two cylinders at once ( similar to the clothes wringers on older washing machines ) to yield glass of a specified thickness ( typically approximately 1 / 8 ").

Glass opposed direct bank involvement in these activities and indirect involvement through “ securities affiliates .” Such affiliates were typically owned by the same shareholders as the bank, with the affiliate ’ s shares held in a “ voting trust ” or other device that ensured bank management controlled the affiliate.

Glass is also available in particles of various sizes ( frit or powder ), which is typically used for surface decorations in lampworked beads.

Glass stoppers typically have a matching tapered inner ( or male ) ground glass joint surface, but often only of stopper quality.

For the 1960-1961 season, The Carleton Players have announced Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, The Knight Of The Burning Pestle by Beaumont and Fletcher and A Moon For The Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill, with a pre-season production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

ASU faculty have included former CNN host Aaron Brown, meta-analysis developer Gene V. Glass, feminist and author Gloria Feldt, and Pulitzer Prize winner and The Ants author Bert Hölldobler.

Glass beads have been in use for almost five centuries in the Americas.

By 2005, Richard Glass considered the differences to be a " serious fracture " but " vitally important to those on both sides of the fracture " and " of little importance to anyone else studying the movement from a software engineering perspective " since they have had " little effect on the field ".

Glass containing holmium oxide and holmium oxide solutions ( usually in perchloric acid ) have sharp optical absorption peaks in the spectral range 200 – 900 nm.

Like " Jabberwocky ," another poem published in Through the Looking Glass, " Haddocks ’ Eyes " appears to have been revised over the course of many years.

The terms have expanded to encompass a movement in music which features repetition and iteration, as in the compositions of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and John Adams.

Modernist styles of music have also appealed to composers writing for the modern grand piano, including John Cage and Philip Glass.

Glass Moonshine slides are made of glass, but have a porous ceramic interior that helps prevent slipping ; other slides have been designed to reduce the weight of brass or porcelain slides by using a lightweight interior, while still others are made of glass on the front and of metal on the back to allow easy switching.

Owens-Illinois, Owens Corning, Libbey Glass, Pilkington North America ( formerly Libbey Owens Ford ), and Therma-Tru have long been a staple of Toledo's economy.

In Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.,, the Supreme Court laid out what has become the modern understanding of what constitutes ' gross income ' to which the Sixteenth Amendment applies, declaring that income taxes could be levied on " accessions to wealth, clearly realized, and over which the taxpayers have complete dominion.

He explains that his purpose in life is to be the archvillain to David's hero, even going so far as to suggest that his childhood moniker, " Mr. Glass ," should have alerted him to the fact that he was always a villain.

In the liner notes to Season of Glass, Ono explained that the album is not dedicated to Lennon because " he would have been offended — he was one of us.

The Glass Blowers and Desirée have had revivals, the latter having been released on CD like El Capitan, the best known of them.

Glass sponges are relatively uncommon and are mostly found at depths from although the species Oopsacas minuta has been found in shallow water, while others have been found much deeper.

Glass sponges like " Venus ' Flower Basket " have a tuft of fibers that extends outward like an inverted crown at the base of their skeleton.

The U. S. DOE explains drawbacks to roof-angled glazing: Glass and plastic have little structural strength.

Following the Glass – Steagall Act, it was no longer possible for a corporation to have investment banking and commercial banking businesses under a single holding entity.

While the The New York Times reported Google wished to start selling virtual eyeglasses not only for entertainment but also for information and augmented reality by the end of 2012, more recent statements from Google about " Project Glass " ( as it is now called ) have said a 2012 commercial release is unlikely.

" Keaggy's recollection of the time frame during which Glass Harp's first album was recorded differs slightly from Glass Harp's officially-published history ( which have the recording sessions ending on September 17, 1970, just hours before Hendrix's early-morning death in London, and not two weeks after ).

As of early 2012, the three Glass Harp titles on Music Mill have gone out of print, and are not yet available for digital purchase.

" Funk, jazz, and Brazilian music were inspirations, and the sounds of minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich can be found on 1999's Cobra and Phases Group .... Several critics have commented that the band's later work, like Instant 0 in the Universe ( 2003 ) and Margerine Eclipse ( 2004 ), sound similar to their guitar-driven earlier style.

File: Glass bottom boats & Semi sub. JPG | Glass bottom boats and a Semi submarine at Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, outer Cairns

Glass covered the middle half and timber ( inside )/ slate ( outside ) covered the outer quarters of each span.

The vibe is made of Glass fiber reinforced nylon grip ( frame / body ) and accepts Impulse threaded barrels.

This can be a letter-number code, as used in the Schott Glass catalogue, or a 6-digit glass code.

The best known is the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, held each year, where design students from all over the world can participate by designing their own “ inspired ” martini cocktail glass.

* Cambridge Glass, a glass company of Cambridge, Ohio

Still Life with Glass Flask and Fruit, c. 1750 ( note reflected light on glass / silver )

In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington. About the Pilchuck Glass School from their websiteIn 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield. Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions ... About Dale Chihuly, a February 2006 article from The Stranger His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye.

Arguments made by legal experts stated influence on art style is not copyright infringement. Glass warfare from the website of the St. Petersburg TimesThe Seattle Times: Local News: Glass artist Chihuly's lawsuit tests limits of copyrighting art, a 2005 article from The Seattle Times ; Chihuly settled the lawsuit independently with Rubino initially, and later Kaindl as well. Chihuly, rival glass artist settle dispute a 2006 article from The Seattle Times

Glass batch calculation is the method by which the correct raw material mixture is determined to achieve the desired glass composition.

Further glass forming techniques are summarized in the table Glass forming techniques.

Glass homogeneity is achieved by homogenizing the raw materials mixture ( glass batch ), by stirring the melt, and by crushing and re-melting the first melt.

Glass is in widespread use largely due to the production of glass compositions that are transparent to visible wavelengths of light.

Paperweight with items inside the glass, Corning Museum of Glass

A glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, “ The Sun ” at the “ Gardens of Glass ” exhibition in Kew Gardens, London.

Apart from historical collections in general museums, modern works of art in glass can be seen in a variety of museums, including the Chrysler Museum, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, and Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, NY, which houses the world's largest collection of glass art and history, with more than 45, 000 objects in its collection.

* 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.

The building influenced the creation of hundreds of modernist glass houses, most notably the Glass House by Philip Johnson, located near New York City and also now owned by the National Trust.

Glass block or glass brick are blocks made from glass and provide a translucent to clear vision through the block.