• Alexander Parkes (29 December 1813 – 29 June 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic...
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  • process. The process was patented by Alexander Parkes in 1850. Parkes received two additional patents in 1852. The Parkes process was not adopted in the United...
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  • England, by Alexander Parkes, who was never able to see his invention reach full fruition, after his firm went bankrupt due to scale-up costs. Parkes patented...
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    Edmund Alexander Parkes (29 December 1819 – 15 March 1876) was an English physician, known as a hygienist, particularly in the military context. Parkes was...
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  • Parkes may refer to: Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), Australian politician, one of the earliest and most prominent advocates for Australian federation Parkes...
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    Mason Alexander Park (born July 12, 1995) is an American actor. They began their career in regional theatre, winning a Helen Hayes Award. On television...
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  • Ontario, Canada Alexander Parker (disambiguation) Alexander Parkes (1813–1890), English metallurgist Alexandra Park (disambiguation) Alex Parks (born 1984)...
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    House of Romanov during World War I. The Alexander Palace is situated in Alexander Park, not far from Catherine Park and the larger, more elaborate Catherine...
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    Alexander Park, 1897 Large Chinese Bridge in Alexander Park, 1910 "Grand Caprice" in Alexander Park, 1911 Farm outbuilding with a tower in Alexander Park...
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  • Llywelyn Childs Parkes, registrar to a joint stock company (and nephew of the inventor Alexander Parkes), and his wife Sara May née Green, Parkes was educated...
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  • years Spill had pursued the goal of making a successful business from Alexander Parkes' invention Parkesine, the first man-made plastic. Although he trained...
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    Masticator – Thomas Hancock Power Loom – Edmund Cartwright Parkes process – Alexander Parkes Lead chamber process – John Roebuck Development of the world's...
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  • containing at least 250 grams of silver per ton. The Parkes process, patented in 1850 by Alexander Parkes, uses molten zinc. Zinc is not miscible with lead...
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    George Alexander Parks (May 29, 1883 – May 11, 1984) was an American engineer who worked in Alaska Territory for most of his career. Following an unexpected...
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    form of nitrocellulose. Parkesine had been invented by the Englishman Alexander Parkes in 1862, and is considered the first true plastic, although it was...
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  • order of atomic weights, although this is largely ignored by chemists. Alexander Parkes exhibits Parkesine, one of the earliest synthetic polymers, at the...
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    essayist and journalist. Bessie Rayner Parkes was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, daughter of Joseph Parkes (1796–1865), a prosperous solicitor...
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  • new lead character Dr. Ben Song, along with Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee, and Ernie Hudson. Quantum Leap premiered on September...
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    Alexander Park (Russian: Александровский парк) is a park in Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́), outside Saint Petersburg. It is located to the west...
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    He also spoke as a Jew: the life of James Parkes. Vallentine Mitchell. p. 266. ISBN 0-85303-644-6. Parkes, James William (1982). End of an exile: Israel...
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    Sir Henry Parkes as having flaws but nonetheless being "a large-brained self-educated Titan whose natural field was found in Parliament". Parkes was born...
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  • Viscount Alexander, his namesake middle school in Winnipeg Viscount Alexander Park, his namesake neighbourhood in East Ottawa Viscount Alexander, courtesy...
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  • than sporting goods. Alexander Parkes had used camphor among his Parkesine solvents, and another Englishman who had worked with Parkes, Daniel Spill, listed...
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  • Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Пичу́шкин; born 9 April 1974), also known as the Chessboard Killer (Убийца с шахматной доской)...
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  • Justice Smith, Alex Wolff, Ronen Rubinstein, Jessica Frances Dukes, Mason Alexander Park, Sydney Lemmon, and Xxavier Lavell. While Brando Crawford serves as...
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  • 1901) 19 December – Thomas Andrews, chemist (died 1885) 29 December – Alexander Parkes, chemist (died 1890) Frederick Scott Archer, sculptor and pioneer photographer...
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  • Viscount Alexander Park is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At its maximum extent, the neighbourhood...
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  • December 19 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (died 1885) December 29 – Alexander Parkes, English chemist (died 1890) William Bullock, American inventor (died...
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    on its wall, one to George Elkington, and another to his employee Alexander Parkes who is credited with inventing the first plastic. The site hosted the...
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  • Alexander Park (1808 – 21 July 1873) was a Scottish-born land owner and politician in colonial New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Selkirk to attorney...
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