Nylon Position 1
notes: label: Description
content: Nylon was synthesized by William Carrothers and his colleagues at DuPont in 1936 and displayed at the New York World’s Fair of 1939. This equipment, known as a Position, pulled Nylon filaments from the spinnerets at the DuPont plant at Seaford, Del., opened in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (nylon position part 2)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (nylon position part 1)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0159.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0159
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0159.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0159.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0159.01.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nylon Position 1
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 163.8 cm x 55.9 cm x 355.6 cm; 64 1/2 in x 22 in x 140 in