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The clock shown below is a bakelite SMITHS ENFIELD 8 day chimer from the 1940's. Kindly donated by Mr John Mee, a close friend.

Details of major Patent dates:

(BP)British Patent.(USP)American Patent.(GP)German Patent.
(SWP)Swiss Patent: -

NAME / COUNTRY PATENTED / PATENT NUMBER / YEAR / MATERIAL.

Below appears a superb collage from the BAKELITE AG site:

Schonbein BP 11407 1846 NITRO-CELLULOSE.

Parkes BP 1123 1856 COLLODION (Lacquer).

Parkes BP 1125 1856 NITRO-CELLULOSE
WATERPROOFING.

Parkes BP 1313 1865 PARKESINE.

Spill BP 3894 1868 XYLOIDINE COMPOUNDS.

Hyatt USP 76765 1868 FIBRE/SHELLAC BALL.

Hyatt USP 88634 1869 IVORY/COLLODION BALL.

Hyatt USP 91341 1869 SOLID COLLODION BALL.

Hyatt USP 105338 1870 CELLULOID.

Eichengrun & Becker BP 21628 1903 CELLULOSE ACETATE.

Baekeland BP 1921 1909 BAKELITE.

Mathews BP 16277 1911 POLYSTYRENE.

Klatte GP 281687 1912 POLYVINYL ACETATE.

Pollack BP 171094 1923 UREA-FORMALDEHYDE.

Du Pont USP 319887 1928 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE COMPOUND

Ostromislensky USP 1683402 1928 POLYSTYRENE.

Ostromislensky USP 1721034 1929 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE COMPOUND

Carbon & Carbide Corp USP 1755882 1930 POLYVINYL CH COMPOUND

Rohm & Haas BP 304681 1930 ACRYLIC.

Crawford(ICI Ltd) BP 405699 1932 ACRYLIC.

Semon USP 1929453 1933 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE COMPOUND.

Renfrew(ICI Ltd) BP 398189 1933 ACRYLIC.

Carleton Ellis USP 1897977 1933 POLYESTERS.

A.E.G. GP 600945 1934 STYRENE OPTICAL 'GLASS'

CIBA Co (Basle) SWP 193630 1935 MELAMINE SYNTHESIS.

I.G.FARBEN BP 458877 1935 MELAMINE SYNTHESIS.

Du Pont BP 461237 1937 POLYAMIDES.

Du Pont USP 2181140 1937 POLYAMIDES.

ICI Ltd et al. BP 471590 1937 POLYETHYLENE.

Castan GP 678119 1939 EPOXY RESIN.

Du Pont BP 533343 1940 ACRYLIC.

Carleton Ellis USP 2195362 1940 POLYESTER COPOLYMERS.

American Cyanimid BP 549705 1942 MELAMINE SYNTHESIS.

Castan USP 2324483 1943 EPOXY RESIN (USA).

Castan USP 2444333 1943 AMINE EPOXY HARDENER.

Du Pont BP 583504 1946 MELAMINE SYNTHESIS.


CHRONOLOGY:


HORN 1700 (MOULDING TECHNIQUE)

SHELLAC 1830 (MOULDING TECHNIQUE)

XYLOIDINE 1833 BRACONNET

VINYL CHLORIDE 1838 REGNAULT

VULCANISATION 1839 GOODYEAR

CELLULOSE 1839 PAYEN

GUTTA PERCHA 1843 MONTGOMERIE

EBONITE 1843 HANCOCK

VULCANITE 1844 GOODYEAR

GUN COTTON 1846 SCHONBEIN

COLLODION 1848 MENARD

COLLODION LACQUER 1856 PARKES

PARKESINE 1865 PARKES

STYRENE SYNTHESIS 1869 BERTHELOT

CELLULOID 1870 HYATT

XYLONITE 1875 SPILL

NITROCELLULOSE SILK 1884 CHARDONNET

NITRATE FILM 1889 EASTMAN

CUPRAMMONIUM RAYON 1890 DESPEISSIS

VISCOSE RAYON 1892 CROSS, BEVAN & BEADLE

CASEIN FORMALDEHYDE 1897 SPITTELLER & KRISCHE

STYRENE POLYMERS 1900 KRONSTEIN

ACRYLIC POLYMER 1901 ROHM

CELLULOSE ACETATE 1903 EICHENGRUN

SILANOLS 1904 KIPPING

BAKELITE 1907 BAEKELAND

DAMARD LACQUER 1910 SWINBOURNE

STYRENE POLYMERS 1911 MATHEWS

POLYVINYL CHLORIDE 1912 OSTROMISLENSKI

POLYVINYL ACETATE 1912 KLATTE

ALKYD RESINS 1914 G.E. COMPANY

UREA FORMALDEHYDE 1923 POLLACK

ALKYD RESINS (GLYPTAL) 1926 KEINLE

KOROSEAL PVC 1927 B.F. GOODRICH

ACRYLOID 1927 ROHM & HAAS

BEETLE THIOUREA 1928 BRITISH CYANIDES

POYSTYRENE 1929 I.G.FARBEN

POLYESTER 1932 CAROTHERS

PERSPEX 1932 I.C.I.LTD

MELAMINE 1933 CIBA

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE 1933 SEMON - B.F.GOODRICH

POLYESTER 1933 CARLTON ELLIS

POLAMIDE 1935 CAROTHERS - DU PONT

POLYETHYLENE 1935 FAWCETT & OTHERS-ICI

NYLON 1938 DU PONT

PTFE 1938 PLUNKETT - DU PONT

POLYURETHANE 1939 I.G.FARBEN

ALKATHENE 1939 I.C.I. LTD

EPOXY RESIN 1939 CASTEN

TEFLON 1941 DU PONT

TERYLENE 1941 WHINFIELD AND DICKSON

SILICONES 1943 DOW - CORNING

EPOXY ADHESIVES 1943 CIBA

POLYURETHANE(IGAMID) 1947 BAYER

HDPE 1953 ZEIGLER

POLYPROPYLENE 1954 NATTA

HDPE 1956 DU PONT

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE 1960 DU PONT

POLYIMIDE 1962 DU PONT

POLYPHENYLENE OXIDE 1964 G.E.COMPANY

POLYSULPHONE 1965 UNION CARBIDE

SANTOPRENE 1983 MONSANTO


to be continued .....

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