gros point
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gros point
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n.
a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of stitches crossing two or more threads of the canvas in each direction.
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100 years later, Bakelite shines: Part 1 of 2.(Special Report)( Leo Hendrik Baekeland )
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 8/6/2007; 700+ words
; When Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, he changed the world - ushering in the...He always wanted to make something useful. Coming to America Leo Baekeland was born into humble beginnings on Nov. 14, 1863, in Ghent...
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100 years later, Bakelite shines: Part 2 of 2.(Special Report)(Leo Hendrik Baekeland)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 8/6/2007; 700+ words
; Better than a beetle Baekeland was hardly alone in his quest for...turned into a sticky mess of gunk. Baekeland's original goal was to come up with...years, as the 20th century dawned, Baekeland methodically recorded experiments...
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Noted Berkeley chemist Leo Brewer dies
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 2/26/2005; ; 560 words
; BERKELEY -- Leo Brewer, a member of the UC Berkeley chemistry faculty for nearly...Commission, the Palladium Medal of the Electrochemical Society, the Leo Hendrik Baekeland and Coover Awards of the American Chemical Society, the Hume Rothery...
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plastic arts
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of his product did. In 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland was working in his private chemistry...The man who started it all, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, was born in Ghent, Belgium...and citizen provided the young Leo Baekeland with a role model for...
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Plastic arts: the chemistry that has formed so many of the objects in our world traces its roots to an accidental discovery 100 years ago.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of his product did. In 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland was working in his private chemistry...The man who started it all, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, was born in Ghent, Belgium...and citizen provided the young Leo Baekeland with a role model for...
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Bakelite exhibit coming to U.S.(News)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 3/31/2008; 700+ words
; A major collection of Bakelite, to commemorate Leo Hendrik Baekeland's invention of Bakelite in 1907, hits U.S...items owned by Hugh Karraker, a great-grandson of Leo Baekeland. Karraker, of Redding, has worked to publicize...
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At the Smithsonian, a Homely Artifact
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/16/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...bakelizer" - the apparatus used by Leo Hendrik Baekeland to make the world's first plastic...scientific talk at the ceremony, Baekeland didn't need bakelite to pay...to work again. But he did. Baekeland's idea, explored in his home...
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Plastic's Praises Ring at Museum // Pioneering Device Gets its Due
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/19/1993; ; 620 words
; ...bakelizer" - the apparatus used by Leo Hendrik Baekeland to make the world's first plastic...scientific talk at the ceremony, Baekeland didn't need bakelite to pay...to work again. But he did. Baekeland's idea, explored in his home...
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Bakelite exhibition runs until Feb. 15.(bakelite collection display at Castle Museum)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 12/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...Castle Museum in Saginaw to mark Leo Hendrik Baekeland's invention of Bakelite in...Karraker, a great-grandson of Baekeland, teamed with Dutch photographer...European objects from Groot, the Baekeland family collection, the Yonkers...
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Design: Plastic Fantastic If the 20th century had an icon it would
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/11/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...remoulded in its image. Ever since the Belgian chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the world's first plastic material in 1907...subject ever seen in Europe. And fittingly, given Baekeland's godfather status in the development of plastics...
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Baekeland Leo Hendrik
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Baekeland Leo Hendrik ( b . Ghent, Belgium, 14 November...23 February 1944), chemistry . Baekeland graduated with honors from the Municipal...284 ff.; see also J. Gillis, Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Brussels, 1965). Eduard Farber...
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Leo Hendrik Baekeland An American chemist, inventor, and manufacturer, Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944) invented Bakelite, the first plastic to be used...
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Baekeland, Leo Hendrik
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (1863–1944) US chemist, b. Belgium. He invented a type of photographic paper, Velox, capable of being developed under artificial light. He also invented the first thermosetting plastic , Bakelite .
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Baekeland, Leo
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Baekeland, Leo AMERICAN CHEMIST AND INVENTOR 1863...St. Martens-Latem, Belgium, Leo Hendrick Baekeland was the son of a cobbler (Karel...Kettering, Charles (1947). "Leo Hendrik Baekeland." National Academy of Sciences...
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Developments in Chemistry and Physics
Book article from: American Decades
...Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland. As is the case with many important breakthroughs, Baekeland's discovery was serendipitous...residues from their equipment, and Baekeland thought that he might be able...
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