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Title |
Sample of Melted Nylon Polymer |
Object Name |
Sample, Material |
Object ID |
2004.543.200 |
Date |
1938 |
Dimensions |
H-1.375 W-4.5 D-1.75 inches |
Material |
Nylon |
Made |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
Collection |
Joseph X. Labovsky Collection |
Search Terms |
Nylon Du Pont Polymer Samples Test Labovsky, Joseph X. Carothers, Wallace |
Provenance |
Donated by Joseph Labovsky, a longtime employee of I. E. Du Pont de Namours & Co., beginning as a laboratory technical assistant to Dr. Wallace Carothers at the Experimental station in Wilmington. Labovsky retired from Du Pont in 1975 and has since lectured extensively on Wallace Carothers and the history of Nylon. |