Smith, John Kenly

Smith, John Kenly, Jr. The Scientific Tradition in American Industrial Research , Technology and... 

David A. Hounshell and John Kenly Smith, Jr. The Nylon Drama. American Heritage of Invention and Technology. 4 (Fall 1988) 40-55. Source for condensation removing water 12,000 molecular weight patent argument and toothbrushes. 

See ibid., ch. 7, for post-World War 11 growth of its product hues, ch. 8 for expansion abroad, ch. 10 for developments from 1960 to 1975, ch. 11 for diversification see also David A. Hormshell and John Kenly Smith Jr., Science and Corporate Strategy Du Pont R D, 1902-1980 (New York Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 480. 

John Kenly Smith, Jr. is Associate Professor of History at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is co-author with David A. Hounshell of Science and Corporate Strategy DuPont R D 1902-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and numerous articles on the history of chemical technology and industrial research. He is currently working on the history of chemical catalysis. 

Bowden, Mary Ellen, and John Kenly Smith Jr. American Chemical Enterprise. Philadelphia Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1994. 

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