Precision and accuracy are completely different concepts. Let's explore what they really mean, and how to tell the difference. 1  Resolution is the fineness to which an instrument can be read.  Precision is the fineness to which an instrument can be read repeatably and reliably.
1980s & 90s-High Performance Plastics. 1980 - First production of linear low density polyethylene. 1980 - First Blue HDPE pressure pipes for potable water introduced into UK. 1982 - First artificial heart made mainly of polyurethane, introduced implanted in a human.
Originally invented in the nineteenth century as a replacement for raw substances like ivory, rubber, and shellac (which used to be harvested from insect secretions), plastic was conceived to cut manufacturers free from one of the greatest obstacles in industrial production: the limits of nature.