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Died. Dr. Leo Hendrik" Baekeland, 80, father of plastics; in Beacon, N.Y. In 1909 courtly, dignified, Belgian-born Baekeland invented Bakelite (oxybenzyl-methylenglycolanhydride) - the first successful, noninflammable, synthetic solid. He got his start in 1880 when, as the youngest student at the University of Ghent, he developed Velox paper, a photographic milestone which killed tintypes and netted him a reputed $1,000,000 from Eastman Kodak. Baekeland made possible the "improbable sandwich" (plywood) by his work in 1912 on a synthetic resin filler. He was also honored for : separation of cadmium and copper, oxidation of hydrochloric acid under light, dissociation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 6, 1944 | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

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