Shirts which are shrunk at the factory and therefore hold their own in the laundry are deemed by many a grateful tender-neck to be marvels of modern science.
Last week Corning Glass Works of Corning, N. Y. announced a newer marvel which some day soon will make house wives grateful: preshrunk glass. A goblet made of this glass is so dense and tough (i. e., so resistant to expansion and con traction) that it can be heated cherry-red, then dipped in iee water without breaking.
Researchers at Corning put a dish of preshrunk glass on...
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