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Origin
The
The first
first production
production of
of nylon
nylon
occurred
occurred in
in 1935.
1935.
It
It was
was made
made by
by a
a man
man
named
named Wallace
Wallace Hume
Hume
Carothers,
Carothers, an
an organic
organic
chemist
chemist who
who was
was working
working at
at
a
a DuPont
DuPont company
company research
research
location.
location.
This
This discovery
discovery came
came about
about
when
when Carothers
Carothers was
was
attempting
attempting to
to find
find a
a
synthetic
synthetic fibre
fibre that
that could
could
replace
replace silk
silk
Wallace Hume
Carothers
THE
MAKING
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are is fib ckly.
th qui
Continued.
Nylon resists
dirt well and it
does not
become
weakened by
chemicals or
sweat.
Nylo
stro n is
n
light g and
weig
ht.
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It is wrong
We must turn
it onto the
wrong side
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