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Nylon


1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray

1940 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S.

1939 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware

1939 Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time

1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)

1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"

1938 Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon"

1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles

1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers

1935 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers

1934 Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66)

1896 Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor, nylon


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