Corning Glass Ribbon Machine, 1928
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Design as a discipline is rooted in craft but revealed in industry. Similarly the story of incandescent lamp manufacture begins with craft (the earliest ones offered for sale were exquisite hand-made objects) and ends with mass production. This high output machine (ten bulb blanks a second) was developed by a former glass blower and a mechanical engineer.
Design as a discipline is rooted in craft but revealed in industry. Similarly the story of incandescent lamp manufacture begins with craft (the earliest ones offered for sale were exquisite hand-made objects) and ends with mass production. This high output machine (ten bulb blanks a second) was developed by a former glass blower and a mechanical engineer.
Artifact
Machine
Date Made
1928
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
90.349.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Steel (Alloy)
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Cream (Color)
Red
Green
Dimensions
Height: 6 ft
Width: 6 ft
Length: 34 ft
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