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Leo Hendrick Baekeland and the Invention of Bakelite (1993)
- kwhitefoot 9y agoIt's interesting that Baekeland's notebook uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit yet modern American usage even in some engineering contexts uses Fahrenheit. See, for example, https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/174413923-28247782-carbon-steel-handbook-pdf.4544/ https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/174413923-28247782-carb... where temperatures are given in Fahrenheit with Celsius in brackets afterward.
- pierot 9y agoHe was from Belgium, so the use of Celcius is very logical.
- overlordalex 9y agoWhat I find fascinating is people on youtube who do actual chemistry, including making bakelite. Here is NileRed who gets pretty far considering he doesn't have a Bakelizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phNLecfyWS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phNLecfyWS8