Specimens of viscose artificial silk (cellulose acetate), 1883-1925.
UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 15: In 1892, two British chemists, Charles F Cross and Edward J Bevan, used cellulose to produce fibres. The cellulose was treated with caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) and then sprayed with carbon disulphide, then dissolved in water. They then obtained a yellow viscose solution. Eventually it became possible to spin this solution into fibres. These were used to make a range of fabrics. The piece of material on the right is a patterned sample of Stearn artificial silk. Charles Stearn worked with Cross and Bevan on the development of viscose rayon. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
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