print email comment close Plastiquarian.com URL: http://www.plastiquarian.com Description: Information about inventors, plastic materials, and companies involved with the discovery and production of polymer materials. Includes images of items made from materials such as celluloid, casein, melamine, vulcanite, and xylonite. Also includes an online museum "devoted to the story of viscose artificial silk [rayon]." From the Plastics Historical Society, a British society affiliated with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Publisher: Plastics Historical Society Extra Keywords thermoplastics thermosets Cellulose Library of Congress Subject Headings: Plastics Plastics -- History Plastics industry and trade Rayon LII Database Information: Record 20072 created by Maria Brandt on 12/15/2005 Last modification on 01/04/2006 Published: 01/05/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20072