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Subsequent development of polymers included neoprene, arising from work of Father Julius A. Nieuwland beginning in 1906; nylon, developed by Wallace H. Carothers and first manufactured in 1938; acrilan; orlon; dynel; and dacron (called terylene by its British inventors, J.R. Whinfield and J.T. Dickson, 1941).
1863 2001
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Mostly now it's synthetic blends, polyester, acrilan.
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DURHAM: Mostly now it's synthetic blends, polyester, acrilan.
Oral History Interview with Eula and Vernon Durham, 1978 November 29. Interview H-64. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eula Durham Eula Durham 1978
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