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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710
    #1

    Happy Birthday, Plastic!

    Plastic Turns 100: Bakelite's Birthday
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11959165
    One hundred years ago today, Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland applied for a U.S. patent on a substance he dubbed Bakelite, the first "true" synthetic plastic. Michele Norris talks with Dr. Jeffery Meikle, a historian of American plastic, about how Baekeland's invention affected the world's thinking.


    One hundred years ago today, Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland applied for a U.S. patent on a substance he dubbed Bakelite, the first "true" synthetic plastic.

    No Megos without it!
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    • EMCE Hammer
      Moderation Engineer
      • Aug 14, 2003
      • 25680
      #2
      Nor would I have my lucky choker with matching bracelets.

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        • HardyGirl
          Mego Museum's Poster Girl
          • Apr 3, 2007
          • 13933
          #3
          Awesome factoid!
          "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
          'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
          Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
          If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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            • Earth 2 Chris
              Verbose Member
              • Mar 7, 2004
              • 32531
              #4
              Belgian-American! Where's our resident Belgian?

              Chris
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                • Hulk
                  Mayor of Megoville
                  • May 10, 2003
                  • 16007
                  #5
                  I love my old bakelite phone with the steel rotary dial. You just know you are on the phone when you use one of them.


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                    • Meule
                      Verbose Member
                      • Nov 14, 2004
                      • 28720
                      #6
                      Baekeland was born and studied in Gent, where I live now

                      Belgians aren't completely useless after all
                      "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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