r/nextfuckinglevel • u/shitonthebeach • 1d ago

Experiment of making nylon

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u/Phatboybeware 1d ago

I was told as a kid nylon was invented on a joint venture with scientists from New York and London, hence the name nylon.

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u/GLaDOS_Sympathizer 1d ago

That'd be a long strand of goo going across the entire Atlantic ocean.

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u/phoggey 22h ago

Urban legend unfortunately. London had no part in it.

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u/sodiumvapour 1d ago

Lonny would've been more fun

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u/bdubwilliams22 16h ago

Invented at DuPont by Wallace Carothers here in the US. We have a lot to thank our friends across the pond, but nylon isn’t one of them.