APPENDIX II SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE AMERICAN GLASS INDUSTRY
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First three-piece hinged mold c. 1808
Two-piece hinged mold first used in America by 1809
First widespread use of slanting collar finish c. 1820
Ricketts patent for three-piece mold with lettered base 1821
First side-lever glass press late 1820s
“Lacy” pressed glass 1820s-1840s
Popularity of smooth-patterned pressed glass tableware sets c. 1840s-1880s
Development of jawed lipping tool for bottles pre-1840
Amasa Stone receives first U.S. patent for lipping tool 1856
Introduction into U.S. of non-pontil holding devices for bottles late 1840s-1850s
Formula for kerosene patented by Abraham Gesner 1854
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Development of two-piece mold with separate post base pre-1858
Mason jar patent 1858
Blow-back mold in general use c. 1858-1900
First oil well in Pennsylvania leads to widespread use of kerosene fueled lamps 1859
Introduction of French Square pharmacy bottles early 1860s
Student lamp patented in Prussia 1863
Leighton formula for improved lime glass 1864
Development of plate mold for embossed bottles pre-1867
Widespread embossing of bottles 1860s-1920s
Empontilling of bottles almost entirely replaced by use of holding devices 1870s
Greatest popularity of turn-molded bottles 1870s-1920s
Student lamp introduced in U.S. 1870s
Louis Pasteur developed sterilization techniques for beer 1870
Anheuser-Busch begins first commercial bottling of American beer early 1870s
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Heavily embossed and colored poison bottles 1872-1930s
Improved finishing processes result in smoother and more uniformly applied bottle finishes by 1880
Argobast patent for semiautomatic press-and-blow machine for wide-mouthed jars 1881
H. W. Putnam acquires patent rights for lightning stopper 1882
Borosilicate glass developed in Germany 1883
Macbeth-Evans Co. patents “pearl top” lamp chimney 1883
William Painter patents crown cap 1892
Enterprise Glass Co. puts Argobast semiautomatic into commercial production 1893
South Carolina dispensary system 1893-1907
Michael Owens patents semiautomatic turn-molding machine for light bulbs, tumblers, and lamp chimneys 1894
First lamp chimney and tumbler production on Owens turn-mold machine 1898
Most wide-mouthed jars produced on semiautomatic machines by 1901
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Owens automatic bottle machine patented 1903
Owens machine put into commercial production: first narrow-necked machine-made bottles 1904
First production of narrow-necked bottles on semiautomatic machines c. 1907
Corning Glass Works develops Pyrex heat-resistant glass 1915
Use of manganese to decolor glass 1917
State prohibition law goes into effect in South Carolina 1916
National beer and wine production halted under Wartime Food Control Act and Volstead Act 1918-1920
National prohibition of alcohol under eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act 1920-1933
Machine-made bottles comprise 90% of total United States production 1925
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