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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
Viscose umbrella handle, 1895.
Plastics and Modern Materials
1895
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