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Corning Glass Ribbon Machine, 1928

This machine revolutionized light bulb production when it was introduced in the 1920s. It takes a ribbon of molten glass and blows it into moving molds, making 600 or 700 glass casings a minute. It reduced the cost of bulbs, but put glass blowers out of work.

 

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Taken on January 16, 2010