Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington OBE FRS (7 January 1920 – 5 May 1995), known as Sir Alastair Pilkington, was a British engineer and businessman...
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position in the conflict's aftermath. During the 1950s, Pilkington employees Alastair Pilkington (no family relation) and Kenneth Bickerstaff invented the...
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Float glass (redirect from Pilkington process)
Cowley Hill Works St Helens, Lancashire, Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers developed the first successful commercial...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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Pilkington is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Pilkington (born c. 1964), British engineer and professor Alastair Pilkington...
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process, developed between 1953 and 1957 by Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers, who created a continuous ribbon...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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– Alastair Pilkington The first commercial electroplating process – George Elkington The Wilson Yarn Clearer – Peter Wilson Float Glass – Alastair Pilkington...
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Alastair Pilkington as chairman in 1980 and served until 1995, having joined the board in 1973 when his second cousin once removed Baron Pilkington retired...
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Sinclair Clapham, 1971 to 1977 Sir Denis Rooke, 1978 to 1983 Sir Alastair Pilkington, 1983 to 1987 Sir Ronald Ernest Dearing, Lord Dearing, 1987 to 1988...
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the Pilkington process, named after the British glass manufacturer Pilkington, who pioneered the technique (invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington) in the...
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Wheare 1980-1993: Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme 1994-1995: Alastair Pilkington 1996–2009: David Owen, Baron Owen 2010–2013: Sir David King 2017–2022:...
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ISBN 0521391407. Who's Who. 1999. Anthony Pilkington (23 October 2011). "OBITUARIES ; Sir Alastair Pilkington". The Independent. Crouzet, François (1991)...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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produced by Pilkington for use where safety or security was an issue. 1959: Float glass launched in UK. Invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington. Glass casting...
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Gordon Gould publishes the term Laser. Pilkington Brothers patent the float glass process invented by Alastair Pilkington. May 7 – English scientist and novelist...
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to the finish. Between 1953 and 1957, Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers developed the revolutionary float...
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Sir Nathaniel Highmore, Government barrister and civil servant Sir Alastair Pilkington, director of the Bank of England Sir Thomas Villiers, businessman...
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process, for the manufacture of high-quality flat glass, invented by Alastair Pilkington (1920–1995). 1950s: The Wilson Yarn Clearer developed by inventor...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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Pioneers opened their first co-operative outlet on 21 December 1844. Alastair Pilkington invented the float glass method of manufacture in 1957 at St Helens...
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Andrei D. Sakharov. 1952: The float glass process is developed by Alastair Pilkington. 1952: The first thermonuclear weapon is developed. 1953: The first...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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Mason CB, general from 1965 to 1983 of the Met Office 1983–84: Sir Alastair Pilkington, inventor 1984–85: Prof Sir Hans Kornberg, biochemist 1985–86: Prof...
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businessman. Gillespie was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Errol Pilkington Gillespie and Catherine Beatrice (Oliver) Gillespie. He attended Brentwood...
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(born 1938) 2 May – Sir Michael Hordern, actor (born 1911) 5 May Alastair Pilkington, engineer and businessman, inventor of the float glass process (born...
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Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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