Dadie and Norman Perlov spent decades traveling the world and collecting celluloid before offering all 7,000-plus pieces to the Smithsonian As you wander through a museum, do you ever wonder about the ...

This case examines celluloid, the world's first commercially successful plastic, which was invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1869. Initially made to imitate natural materials, celluloid was mainly used ...

I have a set of billiard balls sitting on my desk in a box with a partially torn label on which the words “Hyatt” and “Billiard Ball Company” are clearly visible. That makes these balls, purchased ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This billiard ball, a gift of the Celanese Corporation, is made of cellulose nitrate, a substance eventually known as ...

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Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...