Hi Don: This might help: https://prc68.com/I/QuartzClk.shtml includes links to a number of patents.

Hi: Just watched this movie. The Stranger (1946) ORSON WELLES https://youtu.be/5zU7MoRuGDw Spoiler: A clock gets shot and parts fly out, but the clock gets even.

Hi: The Thermos either had a glass bottle that was easy to break or a steel can which would not hold the high vacuum needed to get good thermal insulation. Stanley came up with the idea of using a fil

Hi Chris: It may be that the glass dome was made in high volume for use on Stock Tickers? Maybe from the 1860s to around 1910. https://prc68.com/I/StkTckPat.shtml