| 1839 |
Charles Goodyear vulcanizes rubber
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| 1844 |
F.Walton produces linoleum
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| 1845 |
C.F.Schönbein obtains cellulose nitrate, starting material for Celluloid
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| 1851 |
Hard rubber articles on show in London; Charles Goodyear obtained hard rubber by subjecting rubber to prolonged vulcanization with a high percentage of sulphur
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| 1862 |
A.Parkes presents the first Parkesine objects at the Great London Exhibition; compound of cellulose nitrate, naftalene and camphor
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