owens corning made first synthetic plastic in the world.
owens corning made first synthetic plastic in the world.
who made first synthetic plastic in the world?
owens corning
1862: the thermoplastic parkesine is showcased at the great international exhibition in london. invented by alexander parkes, this celluloid is credited by the london science museum to be "generally accepted as the first plastic". (this presumably refers to synthetic plastic formed into objects: it is predated by the 1848 collodion, a nitrocellulose-based solution that dries to a celluloid-like film but is useless for industrial purposes, (as well as several natural plastics).









































1862: james moore clements of livery street, who has already invented an improved machine for making buttonholes, is granted a patent for a new arrangement of 'stitching the hole'.
science and invention in birmingham
apart from the benefits of gas lighting and heating, the process for producing coal gas yielded a number of other substances which were subsequently successfully exploited. among these were coke; ammonia; phenol (carbolic acid), a disinfectant and one of the components of bakelite, the first synthetic plastic invented in 1910; and coal tar, which contained a number of organic chemicals. coal tar was subsequently used to produce the first synthetic dye, mauve, by william henry perkin in 1856 and in 1853 was found, by charles gerhardt to contain the chemical acetylsalicylic acid, now known as aspirin.









































section::::"the caledonia" paddle steamer.
william murdoch