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PYREX IS AN IDEA COOKED UP BY THE WIFE
OF A GLASS-INDUSTRY SCIENTIST IN 1913. SHE BELIEVED THE TOUGH GLASS
USED IN LANTERN GLOBES WOULD BE GREAT
FOR BAKING CAKES IN, SO SHE BAKED ONE IN SOME GLASS
HER HUSBAND BROUGHT HOME. THE CAKE WAS A HIT, CHANGING THE NOTION THAT GLASS
WAS TOO FRAGILE FOR THE OVEN
OF A GLASS-INDUSTRY SCIENTIST IN 1913. SHE BELIEVED THE TOUGH GLASS
USED IN LANTERN GLOBES WOULD BE GREAT
FOR BAKING CAKES IN, SO SHE BAKED ONE IN SOME GLASS
HER HUSBAND BROUGHT HOME. THE CAKE WAS A HIT, CHANGING THE NOTION THAT GLASS
WAS TOO FRAGILE FOR THE OVEN
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PYREX IS AN IDEA
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COOKED UP BY THE WIFE
OF A GLASS-INDUSTRY SCIENTIST
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IN 1913.
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SHE BELIEVED THE TOUGH GLASS
USED IN LANTERN GLOBES
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WOULD BE GREAT
FOR BAKING CAKES IN,
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SO SHE BAKED ONE IN SOME GLASS
HER HUSBAND BROUGHT HOME.
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THE CAKE WAS A HIT,
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CHANGING THE NOTION THAT GLASS
WAS TOO FRAGILE FOR THE OVEN.
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Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.