Pea-green Parkesine, sample, stamped 'Patent Parkesine'

Made:: 1865

maker:: Alexander Parkes

Flat disc of pea-green Parkesine, sample

Flat disc of pea-green Parkesine, sample
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Flat disc of pea-green Parkesine, sample, stamped 'Patent Parkesine', made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1865, England

Details

Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1937-30/3 Pt5

Materials:: Parkesine and cellulose nitrate

Measurements:: diameter 60 mm
thickness 5 mm

type:: parkesine specimens

credit:: Mr. A. Parkes.

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