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Invention of Nylon

Great Britain · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1934Date range
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Chronological records

1934

Wallace Hume Carothers1934

Science / Chemistry

Invents 66 polyamide, Nylon

Names involved

Wallace Hume Carothers

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