Nylon Thread
date: label: Date made
content: before 1939
label: Date made
content: pre 1939
notes: label: Description
content: Created in DuPont’s Fundamental Research Laboratory in Wilmington, De., and unveiled by chemist Wallace H. Carothers on Feb. 28, 1935, Nylon 6,6 was the basis of what would soon become the first commercially successful synthetic thermoplastic polymer. This early example of Nylon 6,6 is wound on a spool marked “153 / 45-15-4 / 20 Z / Dull / Unsized.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Herman Schneider
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0140.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0140.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nylon Thread
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: spool: 105 mm x 90 mm; 4 1/8 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 9.525 cm