Speaking today Mr Foster said: The government is doing everything possible to tackle the problem of empty homes and urban blight. Today Iâm announcing weâre going to do even more, with towns across England benefiting from Â£91 million to refurbish over 6,000 empty properties to get them back into use.ndy Rose, chief executive, said: We had a very encouraging response to the funding across a wide range of types of property. This demonstrates a strong appetite and scope for bringing empty homes and properties back into use, which will help to reinvigorate our communities and towns.
Glass apparatus used to measure the volume of a liquid or gas is called volumetric glassware. Some examples are pipets, volumetric flasks and burets. Despite their simplicity these items are. capable of giving very precise and accurate volume measurements provided they are calibrated. and properly used.
Invented in 1892 by Sir James Dewar, a scientist at Oxford University, the vacuum flask was not manufactured for commercial use until 1904, when two German glass blowers, Reinhold Burger and Albert Aschenbrenner, formed Thermos GmbH.