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A rough and ready guide to dating English drinking glasses from the 19
This guide is an aid to dating wine and other drinking glasses made inEngland during the 19th Century. It covers some of the basic concepts to considerwhen trying to identify the age of a glass and considers some definitions relatingto type and condition. Oct 18 2004 01:00 GMT
Art Students and Aspiring Artists Encouraged to Enter Contest to Creat
High school and college art students are encouraged by an up-and-coming designer jean company to enter a contest that could propel them into the world of international fashion. Zongoo.com Daily Press. Aug 03 2004 05:00 GMT
December 26 Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new el
1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new element, later to be named radium. Radium (Latin radius, ray) was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898 in pitchblende/uraninite from North Bohemia. While studying pitchblende the Curies removed uranium from it and found that the remaining material was still radioactive. They then separated out a radioactive mixture mostly consisting of barium which gave a brilliant red flame color and spectral lines which had never been documented before. In 1902 radium was isolated into its pure metal by Curie and Andre Debierne through the electrolysis of a pure radium chloride solution by using a mercury cathode and distilling in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas.Dec 26 2004 14:48 GMT
April 07: Rogallery.com will conduct a 400+ lot sale of the contents o
Saturday, April 8th, 2006 at 1:00 PM Eastern, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Fine Furniture. 47-15 36th Street, Long Island City, New York 11101 Phone 1-800-888-1063 April 07 2006 02:15 GMT