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Word: shrinkproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...process was developed by a St. Paul inventor named Jose Baraquiel Calva, onetime Mexican government engineer. By treating fibers with several chemicals, including cresol, alcohol, benzol and hydrochloric acid, he converts them into a resinous plastic. The fibers can then be stiffened or softened, straightened or curled, made mothproof, shrinkproof, even waterproof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

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