“15 March 1939. Nylon touted as silk substitute”. Guardian Weekly, p. 22.
Courtaulds
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1904: Courtaulds, a UK firm located in Coventry,...
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1904
Courtaulds
, a UK firm located in Coventry, Warwickshire, acquired patents to produce viscose.
1905: Courtaulds patented a form of rayon which...
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1905
Courtaulds
patented a form of rayon which turned out to be the first commercially viable viscose rayon fabric.
15 March 1939: Talks were in progress between Courtaulds...
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15 March 1939
Talks were in progress between Courtaulds
and Imperial Chemical Industries
about the proposed manufacture in Britain of fibre made of nylon, a new synthetic product announced last October in the USA.
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