Before heading out the door after a day of research at Corning Glass Works in 1913, physicist Jesse T. Littleton grabbed the sawed-off bottom of a round borosilicate glass battery jar. He did so at ...

The story of Pyrex glass began like most inventions do: with a problem. Bessie Littleton's earthenware casserole dish had cracked. It was 1914 and Littleton's husband, Jesse, was working as a ...

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