) in the u.s. in . [ ] [ ] mass production of glass strands was accidentally discovered in when games slayter , a researcher at owens-illinois , directed a jet of compressed air at a stream of molten glass and produced fibers. a patent for this method of producing glass wool was first applied for in...
to final users and consumers. retail sales tax, a tax on sales of retail of tangible personal property to final consumers and industrial users. [ ] gross receipts taxes , levied on all sales of a business. they have been criticized for their "cascading" or "pyramiding" effect, in which an item is taxed...