- Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…rth_date="December 29, 1813" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="29 Jun 1890" death_place="" }} === Alexander Parkes 1856 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Parkes was born December 29, 1813, Birmingham, [[Warwickshi…
…pment of various industrial processes and materials and for having invented the first plastic that Parkes patented in **1856** ||{{{toc}}}|||| == Celluloid called Parkesine == His interest in the newly formed [[rubber]] industry led to the inv…
…r the evaporation of the solvent of photographic collodion was a “hard, horny elastic and waterproof substance.” In 1856, he patented the process of waterproofing woven fabrics by the use of such materials. {{Image url="Alexander_Parkes_Blu… - Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…Jan 1813" birth_place="Charlton, [[Hertfordshire]]" death_date="15 Mar 1898" death_place="London" }} == Henry Bessemer 1856 == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Sir Henry Bessemer invented the first industrial process for **mass-producing** ste…
…el inexpensively in 1856. Until the Bessemer-process steel making was slow and labour intensive. {{TOC}} == Before Steel == Before cheap ste… - Everest — 2021-08-11 11:40:16
…rest 1865 === [[1800s]] Everest was born in Gwernvale Manor, just west of Crickhowell in Powys, [[Wales]], in 1790. In 1856, George Everest headed the //Great Trigonometrical Survey of India// established mount Everest as the highest mountain …
- Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54
…//Wellies//. == Wellingtons march on == {{Image url="Welly.jpg" class="right" width="120" title="Rubber Wellies" }} In 1856 the Edinburgh-based North British Rubber Company had started to manufacture Britain’s first rubber or ‘gum’ boots…
- Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…es Wilson and David Mushet, an ironmaster. Robert spent his formative years studying metallurgy with his father. In '''1856''' Mushet found an inexpensive way to make high quality steel by adding '''ferromanganese'''. == Better Steel Train Ra…
- Celluloid — 2020-11-30 22:25:26
…Celluloid :: === Alexander Parkes 1856 === [[CategoryScience]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] == Celluloid == {{redirect page="Plastic"}}…
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