CORNING RIBBON MACHINE.

Although it was conceived 60 years ago, the Corning ribbon machine has not been challenged as the dominant machine for the production of high volumes of accurate, thin-wall glass bulbs for incandescent lamps and similar items. In recognition of this fact, in 1983 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Corning Glass Works a bronze plaque declaring the ribbon machine to be the tenth International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, thus ranking it with the world's first steam engine.