| 11. | The first artificial fiber, known as artificial silk, became known as viscose around 1894, and finally rayon in 1924.
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| 12. | In 1931, Henry Ford hired chemists Robert Boyer and Frank Calvert to produce artificial silk made with soybean fibers.
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| 13. | In the late 19th century, " artificial silk " was first made from a solution of cellulose in France.
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| 14. | In Britain, rented gowns are almost always polyester while Russell cord, silk or artificial silk gowns are only available when bought.
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| 15. | Agnes Borrowman spent the early 1890s as a research assistant, learning about the synthesis of rubber, artificial silk and paper-making materials.
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| 16. | For silk, there are a range of types including artificial silk / rayon, gimp lace, cords, buttons or other forms of decoration.
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| 17. | Keun's second novel, " The Artificial Silk Girl " was originally published in 1932, then released again in 2011 by the Other Press.
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| 18. | Polymers, made from molecules combined in long chains, comprise a wide variety of materials such as rayon, or artificial silk, and all plastics.
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| 19. | The basis of his wealth was that he invested in electric power and artificial silk businesses when those industries were in their infancy.
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| 20. | Those stockings were sheer, first made of silk or rayon ( then known as " artificial silk " ) and after 1940 of nylon.
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