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![]() ![]() DuPont Scientist Wallace Carothers Invents Nylon (1935)Though his struggles with mental illness made him initially reject a lucrative job with DuPont, chemist Wallace Carothers accepted the offer in the late 1920s and enjoyed much success there. Perhaps his greatest achievement was the invention of nylon, which rapidly gained widespread use in an array of products. First used to make toothbrush bristles, nylon was soon replacing silk in the parachutes and flak vests of American WWII combatants and in women's stockings. How did nylon get its name? More... Discuss |
trounce discuss | |
Definition: | (verb) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. |
Synonyms: | beat, vanquish, crush, shell |
Usage: | Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. |
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