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Dates: during 1941-1941
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When word of Polin's experiments leaked out, President Vargas appointed a committee to invite Polin to Brazil, try to develop commercial production of his plastics. Upshot: an agreement under which Polin has leased his patents to the Brazilian Government for 15 years, will serve as technical adviser at plants built by the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLASTICS: From Coffeepot to Ashtray | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

Herbert Spencer Polin, a young (32) scientist whose home office is a laboratory on the 71st floor of Manhattan's Chrysler Building, got interested in coffee five years ago when Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. hired him for research on roasting methods. Finding that coffee contains all the chemical components of plastics, he went to work on his own to develop a process for combining them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLASTICS: From Coffeepot to Ashtray | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

...cook the remainder under pressure in the presence of a catalyst. The result is cafelite, a dark brown powder which can be colored like other plastics, can be used to make anything from ashtrays to building materials. Out of a Brazilian bag of coffee (132 lb.) the Polin process makes 70 lb. of cafelite, 1 lb. of caffeine, plus smaller amounts of other byproducts, including vitamins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLASTICS: From Coffeepot to Ashtray | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

...Polin, who studied science at various universities without ever bothering to take a degree, has patented about 100 inventions, including an ultra-high frequency radio telephone service used on Navy dirigibles and a remote control device for radios and oil burners. He now works at a new laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, collects sport clothes and pipes (he has a standing order with Dunhill Co. for any new models they turn out). Without benefit of title or speechmaking he has become the favorite U.S. ambassador of good will to Brazil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLASTICS: From Coffeepot to Ashtray | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

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