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> Competing company DuPont had just invented cellophane This is not true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellopha
by legulere 12y ago
> Competing company DuPont had just invented cellophane
This is not true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane#History
- johngd 12y agoThe author may have, mistakenly, attributed a quote as fact from one of the interviewees. Interestingly enough, from the same link, Dupont appears to have invented/optimized a moisture-proof cellulose, which may have been what the author was referring to?
- unreal37 12y agoIt's probably fair to say Dupont introduced it into widespread use in the United States given that they were the first to manufacture it there.