avbill
Member
Good evening everyone,
I'm reading "history of America in 101 Objects" from the Smithsonian. My son is a research there and was one of the authors. and editor of the book. There was six people writing this book. You can buy the book on Amazon, Kindle, or iTunes. if you want. The read has been very interesting. especially Object #43. 'The Bakerlizier Plastic Maker. "
The author said its the most important artifact in the Smithsonian that has never been exhibited.
I'm writing this to you IPA because of the interest in Bakerlite. The curator Jon Klund calls this machine the 1400 pound cast iron vessel "the birth place of polyester kingdom. [see photo]
Charles goodyear started developing the process in 1836, By 1890's a German Leo Baekeland experienced for 30+ years with phenol-formaldehydes reaction developing synthetic resins. He continued to experiment until he found that he needed a catalyst that under pressure and heat produced a new phenolic polymer- thermosetting resin. with had remarkable characteristic. The new chemical was call: polyoxybenzylmethylengglycolanhydride. For short Baekeland call it Bakelite. He produced nine pound of bakelite and was granted a US patent in 1907.
Enjoy
I'm reading "history of America in 101 Objects" from the Smithsonian. My son is a research there and was one of the authors. and editor of the book. There was six people writing this book. You can buy the book on Amazon, Kindle, or iTunes. if you want. The read has been very interesting. especially Object #43. 'The Bakerlizier Plastic Maker. "
The author said its the most important artifact in the Smithsonian that has never been exhibited.
I'm writing this to you IPA because of the interest in Bakerlite. The curator Jon Klund calls this machine the 1400 pound cast iron vessel "the birth place of polyester kingdom. [see photo]
Charles goodyear started developing the process in 1836, By 1890's a German Leo Baekeland experienced for 30+ years with phenol-formaldehydes reaction developing synthetic resins. He continued to experiment until he found that he needed a catalyst that under pressure and heat produced a new phenolic polymer- thermosetting resin. with had remarkable characteristic. The new chemical was call: polyoxybenzylmethylengglycolanhydride. For short Baekeland call it Bakelite. He produced nine pound of bakelite and was granted a US patent in 1907.
Enjoy
:biggrin: I recall Dawn & Ed had found about as much info or, more when Dawn found the vintage blanks about 6 years ago. I got two of them.