Story of Rayon
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- Author(s) Hard, Arnold H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1944
- Pages 2nd ed; 92pp
- Publisher United Trade Press
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1934 as 'The Romance of Rayon'. The writer was a textile journalist. Focuses on technical aspects of the industry but with many references to specific businesses. Chapters include: 'First rayon spinning machine'; 'Electric lighting - result - rayon'; 'Work of Dr Lehner - an early English company' [New Artificial Silk Spinning Co Ltd / Tubize Co]; 'The zinc chloride process'; 'Cuprammonium process' [inc British Bemberg Ltd]; 'The viscose process' [Viscose Syndicate Ltd]; 'Courtaulds'; 'Present day producers'; 'The silk metropolis and rayon' [Macclesfield]; 'Leek and the rayon industry' [notably Wardle & Davenport Ltd and William Tatton & Co Ltd]; 'Staple rayon'; 'Weaving'; 'The acetate process'