Modern Plastics Encyclopaedia

A crude approximation to computer-based systems can be achieved by considering tables of properties of plastics materials such as those published annually in the Modern Plastics Encyclopaedia. Since the tables are to be marked, the following exercise should be carried out on photocopies ... 

Modern Plastics Encyclopaedia (McGraw-Hill Publications)... 

Modern Plastics Encyclopaedia , McGraw-Hill, New York, various dates. 

Chubberley A.H. 1965. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylenes. In Modern plastics encyclopaedia. New York McGraw-Hill. 

As nylon and the plastics revolution became a part of modern life, the figure of Carothers receded tragically into the shadows. The horror of his death, the social stigma attached to mental illness and suicide, and prevailing social codes that discouraged the discussion of personal tragedies contributed to an atmosphere of secrecy that surrounded his life. As late as 1979, the Encyclopaedia Britannica credited Father Nieuwland with the discovery of Neoprene. 

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