Explorations in Glass An Autobiography

S. Donald Stookey tells of his pioneering discoveries and accomplishments over a life-long career at Corning Glass Works. His discoveries and inventions have left their mark in homes around the world, and have affected the development of eyeglasses, defense systems, electronics, and significant discoveries for years. Learn how one man's risks, questions, interests, and explorations have benefited us all. A refreshing addition to your ceramics library!

Stanley Donald Stookey was an American inventor. He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics, some patents solely his and others shared as joint patents with other inventors. George H. Beall is the author of Explorations in Glass: An Autobiography, published by Wiley.

Foreword

vii

Introduction

1

(2)

My Introduction to Corning Glass Works

3

(4)

Photosensitive Glasses

7

(14)

Photosensitive Copper Ruby

7

(1)

Photosensitive Gold Ruby

7

(2)

Photosensitive Opal Glasses

9

(3)

Polychromatic Photosensitive Glass: Full-Color Photographs

12

(1)

Photochromic Glass: Reversibly Darkening Glass

13

(2)

Some Bizzare Happenings with Photosensitive Glasses

15

(1)

Glass Coins

16

(1)

Cosmic Ray Research

16

(1)

Photosensitive Glass for the Office of Strategic Services

16

(1)

Fotoform® Glass: Glass That Can Be Photochemically Sculptured and Etched

16

(2)

The Invention of Fotoceram®: The Lucky Accident that Launched Glass-Ceramics

18

(1)

The Fotoceram® Story

19

(2)

The First Glass-Ceramics: A New Family of Ceramics Made From Glass

21

(8)

Cordierite Radome Glass-Ceramic

22

(1)

Corningware®, Cookware from Low Expansion Spodumene Glass-Ceramics

22

(2)

Transparent Low-Expansion Glass-Ceramics

24

(1)

Corningware® Patent Infringement Trial: Corning Glass Works vs Anchor Hocking

25

(4)

Those Devilish Opal Glasses

29

(4)

The Tricky Thermometer Opal

29

(2)

The Wellsboro Opal Light Bulb Adventure

31

(1)

The Charleroi Barium Phosphate Opal Dinnerware Trial

32

(1)

Changing the Nature of Glass

33

(16)

Unbreakable Glass and Glass-Ceramics

33

(2)

Undersea Strength: Compressive Strength

35

(1)

Machinable Glass-Ceramics

35

(1)

The Search for Toughness

36

(13)

Jadeite Stone: Weapons of New Zealand Maoris

36

(1)

The Search for Rubbery Glass: Hydrosilicate Glass

37

(1)

An Unexpected Bonus: New Process for Porous Silica Glass and Low Temperature Glassmaking

38

(11)

Reflections on the Science of Glass and on Pioneering Research

49

(2)

A Review of Successful Commercial Products Based on My Inventions

51

(2)

Some Exrracurricular Adventures

53

(4)

Dayspring-Housing for the Elderly

53

(1)

A College Professorship

53

(1)

Other Adventures

54

(3)

Epilogue

57

(2)

Nanocrystals in Glass

57

(1)

Photosensitive Polychromatic Silver Glasses

57

(1)

Photochromic Glasses

57

(1)

Glass-ceramics

57

(2)

Addenda

59

(14)

Publications

59

(1)

Patents Issued

60

(4)

Chronological Table of Selected Stookey Inventions

64

(4)

IRI Achievement Award Address, ``The Pioneering Researcher and the Corporation''

68

(4)

Awards

72

(1)

Memberships

73

(1)

References

73

(1)

Chronological Chart of Discoveries

74

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