Corning
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Businesses and organizations
- Corning Incorporated
- Dow CorningDow CorningDow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services...
- Owens CorningOwens CorningOwens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938...
- Corning Museum of GlassCorning Museum of GlassThe Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York, explores every facet of glass, including art, history, culture, science and technology, craft, and design....
People
- Edwin CorningEdwin CorningEdwin Corning was an American businessman and politician from New York. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1927 to 1928.-Life:...
(1883–1934), American businessman and politician - Erastus CorningErastus CorningErastus Corning I , American businessman and politician, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. Corning moved to Troy, New York at the age of 13 to clerk in the hardware store of an uncle; six years later he moved to Albany, New York, where he joined the mercantile business under James Spencer...
(1794–1872), American businessman and politician - Erastus Corning 2ndErastus Corning 2ndErastus Corning 2nd was an American politician. He was Mayor of Albany, New York for more than 40 years, from 1942 to 1983, when Albany County was controlled by one of the last two classic urban political machines in the United States. Albany's longest serving mayor, the Democrat died in office in...
(1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York - Howard CorningHoward CorningHoward William Corning was a cattle farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1916 and from 1920 to 1924 as a Liberal-Conservative member...
(1879–1924), Canadian cattle farmer and politician - Parker CorningParker CorningParker Corning was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Albany, he attended the public schools, The Albany Academy, and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire...
(1874–1943), U.S. Representative from New York - Peter CorningPeter CorningPeter Andrew Corning is an American biologist, consultant, and complex systems scientist, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, in Friday Harbor, Washington, and is known especially for his work on the causal role of synergy in evolution.- Biography :Peter Corning was...
(born 1935), American biologist, consultant, and complex systems scientist - Ron CorningRon CorningRon Corning is an American television host at the ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. He co-anchors the station's morning newscast, Daybreak, and is solo anchor of Midday, the station's one-hour noon newscast....
(born 1971) American television host - Thomas E. Corning (1842–1912), Canadian lawyer and politician
Places
In Canada:- Corning, SaskatchewanCorning, SaskatchewanCorning is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 43 in the Canada 2006 Census....
In the United States of America:
- Corning, ArkansasCorning, ArkansasCorning is a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,679 at the 2000 census. It is one of the two county seats of Clay County, along with Piggott.-Geography:Corning is located at ....
- Corning, CaliforniaCorning, CaliforniaCorning is a city in Tehama County, California, two hours north of Sacramento and one half hour northwest of Chico California United States. The population was 7,663 at the 2010 census, up from 6,741 at the 2000 census....
- Corning, IndianaCorning, IndianaCorning is an unincorporated community in Reeve Township, Daviess County, Indiana....
- Corning, IowaCorning, IowaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,783 people, 803 households, and 452 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,132.3 people per square mile . There were 880 housing units at an average density of 558.9 per square mile...
- Corning, KansasCorning, KansasCorning is a city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 157.-Geography:Corning is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 170...
- Corning, Michigan
- Corning, Minnesota
- Corning, MissouriCorning, MissouriCorning is a village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 21 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Corning is located at ....
- Corning (city), New YorkCorning (city), New YorkCorning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the 2000 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.- Overview :The city of...
- Corning (town), New YorkCorning (town), New YorkCorning is a town in Steuben County, New York, USA. The town is in the eastern part of the county and borders the city of Corning. The town population was 6,426 at the 2000 census...
- Corning, OhioCorning, OhioCorning is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corning is located at , along Sunday Creek....
- Corning, WisconsinCorning, WisconsinCorning is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 826 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 146.6 square miles , of which, 146.5 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it ...
Other uses
- Process of corning black powder
- PicklingPicklingPickling, also known as brining or corning is the process of preserving food by anaerobic fermentation in brine to produce lactic acid, or marinating and storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar . The resulting food is called a pickle. This procedure gives the food a salty or sour taste...
with salt; salting