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First experimental spinning box for producing continuous viscose filaments, 1901

First experimental spinning box for producing continuous viscose filaments, 1901 and early reels

Plastics and Modern Materials

1901
Six skeins and one spool of artificial silk made at Wolston, near Coventry, between 1896 and 1900.

Viscose rayon (artificial silk), 1896-1900.

Textiles Machinery

1896-1900

Specimen of artificial silk

Textiles Machinery

1883
Specimens relating to the manufacture of acetate and viscose artificial silk

Specimens of viscose artificial silk (cellulose acetate) and nylon, late 19th & early 20th century

Plastics and Modern Materials

1892-1925
Two bottles (of antique design) in which first specimens of viscose were prepared

Bottle used in first preparation of viscose rayon, 1892.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1892
Umbrella handle in marbled brown solid viscose. Produced by a partner of Cross and Bevan, Clayton Beadle in Erith. 1895

Viscose umbrella handle, 1895.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1895