Tag: first plastics

Best-of-the-First-Year: bakelite billiard balls

Best-of-the-First-Year: bakelite billiard balls

Developed in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, Bakelite was the first wholly synthetic plastic. It found a place in almost every area of modern life, from ...

 

bakelite billiard balls

bakelite billiard balls

Developed in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, Bakelite was the first wholly synthetic plastic. It found a place in almost every area of modern life, from ...