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    John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – May 10, 1920) was an American inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt, a...
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  • the Parkesine Works in Hackney, London. In the 1860s, an American, John Wesley Hyatt, acquired Parkes's patent and began experimenting with cellulose nitrate...
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  • John Hyatt may refer to: John Hyatt (clergyman) (1767–1826), English Wesleyan clergyman John Wesley Hyatt (1837–1920), American inventor John Hyatt (musician)...
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  • (film), a 1954 British film John Wesley Hyatt (1837–1920), American inventor All pages with titles containing John Wesley John Westley (1636–1678), 17-century...
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  • in the 1990s Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, an American manufacturer of roller bearings from 1892 to 1916, founded by John Wesley Hyatt Hayat (disambiguation)...
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  • over 100 years, before going out of business in 1986. In the 1860s, John Wesley Hyatt of Albany, New York acquired British chemist Alexander Parkes's 1855...
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    treated with nitric acid and a solvent. In 1868, American inventor John Wesley Hyatt developed a plastic material he named Celluloid, improving on Parkes'...
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    various manufacturers, and in industrial vehicles and equipment. John Wesley Hyatt was a printer by trade and a prolific inventor who secured over 250...
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  • a patent infringement lawsuit – ultimately unsuccessful – against John Wesley Hyatt, developer of celluloid in the US. In 1870, however, the judge ruled...
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    John Wesley (/ˈwɛsli/ WESS-lee; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader...
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  • Environmental Assessments of Biobased, Biodegradable, and Recycled Plastics. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-88207-7. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus...
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    successful alternative came in the form of celluloid, invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1868. However, while celluloid was a viable substitute, it proved...
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  • of his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. June 15 – John Wesley Hyatt patents celluloid, in Albany, New York. July 15 – Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès...
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  • and missionary John Hyatt (musician) (died 2023), singer with The Three Johns, an English post-punk/indie rock band John Wesley Hyatt (1837–1920), American...
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    Sorel cement, invented in 1867, was marketed as an artificial ivory), John Wesley Hyatt patented an "ivory imitation" composite made of nitrocellulose, camphor...
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  • der Waals (died 1923), Dutch theoretical physicist. November 28 – John Wesley Hyatt (died 1920), American inventor and industrial chemist. February 1...
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  • aid Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Netherlands – pendulum clock John Wesley Hyatt (1837–1920), U.S. – celluloid manufacturing Gavriil Ilizarov (1921–1992)...
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    material. The first viable substitute was celluloid, invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1868, but the material was volatile, sometimes exploding during...
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    Hancock, patented an injection molding machine. American inventor John Wesley Hyatt, together with his brother Isaiah, patented one of the first injection...
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  • June 2 – Sherwood College is founded in Nainital, India. June 15 – John Wesley Hyatt patents celluloid in Albany, New York. June 27 – The fortress of Goryōkaku...
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    "Renewable Raw Materials and Feedstock for Bioplastics", Bio-Based Plastics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, pp. 331–345, doi:10.1002/9781118676646.ch13, ISBN 978-1-118-67664-6...
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  • Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1894) 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (d. 1920) 1853 – Helen Magill White, American academic...
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    — Celluloid — was produced in a factory on Mechanic Street by John Wesley Hyatt. Hyatt's Celluloid found its way into Newark-made carriages, billiard balls...
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  • Johan Reinhold Sahlberg, Finnish entomologist (b. 1845) May 10 – John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (b. 1837) May 11 Big Jim Colosimo, Italian-born...
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  • Spill, his assistant, develops it further, as xylonite. The American John Wesley Hyatt later tries to claim the patent, after developing another process...
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  • granted his first patent for the Electric Vote Recorder. June 15 – John Wesley Hyatt patents the first plastic, Celluloid, in Albany, New York. July 4...
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  • Company). Crystalate was based on Bonzoline, a plastic produced by John Wesley Hyatt's US-based Albany Billiard Ball Company. Burt, a former Albany employee...
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  • 1898) May 11 – William Dean Howells, novelist (born 1837) May 10 – John Wesley Hyatt, inventor (born 1837) May 16 – Levi P. Morton, 22nd vice president...
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    those of John Wesley and George Whitefield. John Hyatt was born on 12 January 1767 in Sherborne, Dorset, to John Guppy Hyatt and Elizabeth Hyatt. He was...
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    Retrieved January 5, 2020. "National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee John Hyatt Invented Celluloid". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024. Archived from the original...
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