E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Wallace Hume Carothers materials on Nylon
Collection
Accession: 2726
Abstract:
Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) was a chemist and inventor of Neoprene artificial rubber and Nylon synthetic fiber. He worked as a chemist in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Fundamental Research Program from 1928 until his death in 1937. This small collection consists of a mixture of materials collected in the decades following Carothers death related to the development of Nylon and polymerization. Included are reprinted articles, patent applications, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1933-1997