TY  - JOUR
AB  - IN 1865, Alexander Parkes, of Birmingham, found that the potential explosive nitrocellulose could be plasticized by being mixed with camphor and alcohol, and thus was discovered the ‘celluloid’ named, after its originator, ‘Parkesite’, the forefrunner of ‘Xylonite’. This discovery was the beginning of the plastics industry which has, in only eighty years or so, grown to be one of the major industries; so much so, in fact, that the Twentieth Century has been referred to, by some enthusiasts, as the ‘Plastics Age’.
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
SN  - 0002-2667
DO  - 10.1108/eb031560
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb031560
AU  - Fitzgerald‐Lee G.
PY  - 1947
Y1  - 1947/01/01
TI  - A Survey of Plastic Materials for Students: A Guide to their Manufacture, Characteristics, Properties and Uses
T2  - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 321
EP  - 322
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -