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John Rex Whinfield CBE (16 February 1901 in Sutton, Surrey, England – 6 July 1966 in Dorking, Surrey) [1] [2] was a British chemist. Together with James Tennant Dickson, Whinfield investigated polyesters and produced and patented the first polyester fibre in 1941, which they named Terylene (also known as Dacron) equal to or surpassing nylon in toughness and resilience. [1]
The Millhaven Fibres Plant opened September 28, 1955 as the third polyester plant in the world. [1] It was originally built to manufacture a new type of synthetic yarn called Terylene, which is known as Dacron in the United States.
Roth forced her to drink roofied cocoa at gunpoint, then drove out to the woods, where he decapitated the unconscious woman, cut off her hands with an axe to delay identification and stole 130,000 DM she brought for the investment from her. Knowing that she had told her boyfriend about her whereabouts, Roth then drove to his house, claiming ...
In 2023, 49.6% of Americans between ages 18 and 25 had used alcohol in the last month, according to U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration national survey figures, down ...
National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody is an American humor "book", a parody that was first published in 1978 by National Lampoon magazine. In the first printing, this publication had exactly the same form and apparent content as that of an American regional Sunday newspaper, of which it was a parody.
[5] [6] [7] In addition to Poly-Fiber, a number of other companies produce covering processes for certified and homebuilt aircraft. Randolph Products and Certified Coatings Products both make butyrate and nitrate-based dopes for use with Dacron fabric. [8] [9]
Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw increased international support ...
The 418-III had two unique hardware features which enabled it to handle continuously high-speed serial character streams. One was called the buffer overflow interrupt and the other hardware buffer chaining. By the 1990s, all the 418 hardware was gone, but the California Department of Water Resources was still running 418 emulation on a UNIVAC ...