Plastic Bottle
date: label: Date made
content: 1938
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor, this is the first blow-molded plastic bottle, and it was made at an experiment station in 1938. It is thus reasonable to assume that it was associated with the first plastic blow molding machine developed by Enoch Ferngren and William Kopitke. A paper once associated with the bottle read “Formula Y—Lot 1041—13/16” extrusion—Tubes 370—Compression 400.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Enoch Ferngren and William Kopitke, “Apparatus for Forming Hollow Articles from Organic Plastic Material,” U.S. Patent 2,175,154 (October 3, 1939), assigned to the Plax Corporation.
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 J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0626.05
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0626.05
label: accession number
content: 1983.0626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plastic Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: opening: 51 mm; x 2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 165 mm x 70 mm; 6 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 6.985 cm