Leo Hendrik Baekeland HonFRSE (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career...
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the grandson of Bakelite inventor Leo Baekeland. She was murdered at her London home when her son, Antony Baekeland, stabbed her with a kitchen knife...
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The first plastic made from synthetic components, it was developed by Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, and patented on December 7, 1909. Bakelite...
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Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 – June 7, 1971) was an American advertising executive and the founder of Leo Burnett Company, Inc. He was responsible for...
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Westinghouse at least as early as 1910 using phenolic resins invented by Leo Baekeland. These resins were used to impregnate paper and cotton fabric which...
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was dedicated to research and marketing of the product. Swinburne and Leo Baekeland later founded the Damard Lacquer Company, which eventually became Bakelite...
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fully synthetic plastic was Bakelite, invented in New York in 1907, by Leo Baekeland, who coined the term "plastics". Dozens of different types of plastics...
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chloralkali process. Elmer Sperry, founder of Sperry Electric, and Leo Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite and Velox photographic paper, consulted Hooker...
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breathing apparatuses. Bakelite was the first fibre-reinforced plastic. Leo Baekeland had originally set out to find a replacement for shellac (made from...
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influence was bolstered by his control of the Lend-Lease funds. In August 1939, Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein sent the Einstein–Szilárd letter to Roosevelt...
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Vincent Astor (1891–1959), philanthropist; member of the Astor family Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), the father of plastic; namesake of Bakelite Robert Livingston...
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1907 Bakelite, the first fully synthetic thermoset, was reported by Leo Baekeland using phenol and formaldehyde. 1912 After over 10 years research, Jacques...
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of British Plastics, revolutionized the plastics industry in Europe. Leo Baekeland, whom created the first plastic, Bakelite. Hermann Staudinger, who received...
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