Alexander Parkes

Standard Name: Parkes, Alexander

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May 1862: At the International Exhibition in London,...

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May 1862

At the International Exhibition in London, Alexander Parkes displayed items made from a plastic he had been developing in the 1850s, which came to be known as celluloid.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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1888: Americans John Wesley Hyatt and John Carbutt...

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1888

Americans John Wesley Hyatt and John Carbutt produced clear sheets of celluloid for commercial use in photography.
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
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Sources give conflicting dates for Parke's discovery of celluloid: either 1826, 1855, or 1861.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Browser’s Book of Beginnings. Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
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Derry, Thomas Kingston, and Trevor I. Williams. A Short History of Technology From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Clarendon, 1960.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
vol. 5
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