#bakelite — Public Fediverse posts

Listening to an anti-plastics activist on the radio, and they claim that plastic (described as Bakelite) was invented in 1950. Um, you're about 100 years off... The first human-made plastic was #Parkesine, invented in 1855. Oh, and #Bakelite was invented in 1907, not 1950! I know during my radio stints, I did all my fact-checking before I went on the air. 🤦🏼

Listening to an anti-plastics activist on the radio, and they claim that plastic (described as Bakelite) was invented in 1950. Um, you're about 100 years off... The first human-made plastic was #Parkesine, invented in 1855. Oh, and #Bakelite was invented in 1907, not 1950! I know during my radio stints, I did all my fact-checking before I went on the air. 🤦🏼

Listening to an anti-plastics activist on the radio, and they claim that plastic (described as Bakelite) was invented in 1950. Um, you're about 100 years off... The first human-made plastic was #Parkesine, invented in 1855. Oh, and #Bakelite was invented in 1907, not 1950! I know during my radio stints, I did all my fact-checking before I went on the air. 🤦🏼

Listening to an anti-plastics activist on the radio, and they claim that plastic (described as Bakelite) was invented in 1950. Um, you're about 100 years off... The first human-made plastic was #Parkesine, invented in 1855. Oh, and #Bakelite was invented in 1907, not 1950! I know during my radio stints, I did all my fact-checking before I went on the air. 🤦🏼

Listening to an anti-plastics activist on the radio, and they claim that plastic (described as Bakelite) was invented in 1950. Um, you're about 100 years off... The first human-made plastic was #Parkesine, invented in 1855. Oh, and #Bakelite was invented in 1907, not 1950! I know during my radio stints, I did all my fact-checking before I went on the air. 🤦🏼

This is my almost complete set of Singer 306 Class Fashion Discs. Introduced in the 1950s, the Singer 306 Class Fashion Discs, also referred to

https://tallysew.com/machine-accessories/singer-accessories/singer-306-class-fashion-discs/

#Bakelite #FashionDiscs #FlatDiscs #Singer #SingerACams #SingerCams #StitchPatternCams #ZigZag #TallahasseeFlorida

#OnThisDay Astronauts landed on the moon in the #Apollo 14 mission (1971) - the third to land on the Moon.

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation of #Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic (1909).

Happy Birthday Cristiano #Ronaldo (1985) and #Neymar (1992).

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

@TimWardCam that is very very tempting indeed. Can't do wrong with a big ol' lump of #bakelite!

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #RadioHacks #midcentury #Teardown #Bakelite #Philco #AC.DC #radio #News

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #RadioHacks #midcentury #Teardown #Bakelite #Philco #AC.DC #radio #News

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #RadioHacks #midcentury #Teardown #Bakelite #Philco #AC.DC #radio #News

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #RadioHacks #midcentury #Teardown #Bakelite #Philco #AC.DC #radio #News

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio - There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the so... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #radiohacks #midcentury #teardown #bakelite #philco #ac.dc #radio #news

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio - There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the so... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #radiohacks #midcentury #teardown #bakelite #philco #ac.dc #radio #news

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio - There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the so... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #radiohacks #midcentury #teardown #bakelite #philco #ac.dc #radio #news

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio - There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the so... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #radiohacks #midcentury #teardown #bakelite #philco #ac.dc #radio #news

Hacking a Heavyweight Philco Radio - There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the so... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ #portableradio #classichacks #radiohacks #midcentury #teardown #bakelite #philco #ac.dc #radio #news

#OnThisDay Astronauts landed on the moon in the #Apollo 14 mission (1971) - the third to land on the Moon.

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation of #Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic (1909).

Happy Birthday Cristiano #Ronaldo (1985) and #Neymar (1992).

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

Bakelite to the Future – A 1950s Bluetooth Headset - A decade ago, [Jouke Waleson] bought a Dutch ‘model 1950’ PTT (The Dutch Postal Se... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/ #bluetoothclassic #esp32-wrover-32 #rotarytelephone #phonehacks #handsfree #bakelite #esp32 #ptt

In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Bakelite #Baekeland (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1907b.html)

In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Bakelite #Baekeland (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1907b.html)

In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Bakelite #Baekeland (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1907b.html)

In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Bakelite #Baekeland (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1907b.html)

In 1907, Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Bakelite #Baekeland (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1907b.html)

#OnThisDay Astronauts landed on the moon in the #Apollo 14 mission (1971) - the third to land on the Moon.

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation of #Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic (1909).

Happy Birthday Cristiano #Ronaldo (1985) and #Neymar (1992).

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

The #plastic paradox: How plastics went from #elephant saviors to eco-villains

Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?

January 23, 2024

"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.

"With the price of #ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from #ElephantTusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.

"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called #celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived #Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from extinction.

"More than a century later, this story has morphed into an intriguing irony…With their creation, plastics probably saved countless species — both plants and animals — from extinction. Derived from byproducts of #FossilFuel production, which had previously gone unused, the invention of synthetic plastics meant that humans no longer had to pillage the living #NaturalWorld to produce various products for a technologically advancing global society. Fast-forward to today: Plastics are demonized for eroding the environment and endangering human health, prompting many to wonder if we’d be better off without them."

Read more / listen:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Health #Plastic
#Toxic #ToxicChemicals #Environment #Microplastic #Pollution #Paradox

Recently posted on Instagram:

You can never own too many View Master projectors, right? Right? #viewmaster #viewmasterprojector #bakelite

https://instagr.am/p/Cow7UlhtnES/

Recently posted on Instagram:

You can never own too many View Master projectors, right? Right? #viewmaster #viewmasterprojector #bakelite

https://instagr.am/p/Cow7UlhtnES/

Recently posted on Instagram:

You can never own too many View Master projectors, right? Right? #viewmaster #viewmasterprojector #bakelite

https://instagr.am/p/Cow7UlhtnES/

Recently posted on Instagram:

You can never own too many View Master projectors, right? Right? #viewmaster #viewmasterprojector #bakelite

https://instagr.am/p/Cow7UlhtnES/

Recently posted on Instagram:

You can never own too many View Master projectors, right? Right? #viewmaster #viewmasterprojector #bakelite

https://instagr.am/p/Cow7UlhtnES/

#Grass-roots ‘building block’ produces #sustainable #materials

"The grass produces a #resin which can form a very strong bond when used as glue and which, once melted and solidified again, forms a #polymer that resembles #Bakelite, Rowan says.
Under a microscope, strands of #spinifex reveal stretchy #cellulose #fibres just a few nanometres thick but thousands of nanometres long, and with a tensile strength eight times greater than #steel."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00428-z

#Grass-roots ‘building block’ produces #sustainable #materials

"The grass produces a #resin which can form a very strong bond when used as glue and which, once melted and solidified again, forms a #polymer that resembles #Bakelite, Rowan says.
Under a microscope, strands of #spinifex reveal stretchy #cellulose #fibres just a few nanometres thick but thousands of nanometres long, and with a tensile strength eight times greater than #steel."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00428-z

#Grass-roots ‘building block’ produces #sustainable #materials

"The grass produces a #resin which can form a very strong bond when used as glue and which, once melted and solidified again, forms a #polymer that resembles #Bakelite, Rowan says.
Under a microscope, strands of #spinifex reveal stretchy #cellulose #fibres just a few nanometres thick but thousands of nanometres long, and with a tensile strength eight times greater than #steel."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00428-z

#Grass-roots ‘building block’ produces #sustainable #materials

"The grass produces a #resin which can form a very strong bond when used as glue and which, once melted and solidified again, forms a #polymer that resembles #Bakelite, Rowan says.
Under a microscope, strands of #spinifex reveal stretchy #cellulose #fibres just a few nanometres thick but thousands of nanometres long, and with a tensile strength eight times greater than #steel."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00428-z

#Grass-roots ‘building block’ produces #sustainable #materials

"The grass produces a #resin which can form a very strong bond when used as glue and which, once melted and solidified again, forms a #polymer that resembles #Bakelite, Rowan says.
Under a microscope, strands of #spinifex reveal stretchy #cellulose #fibres just a few nanometres thick but thousands of nanometres long, and with a tensile strength eight times greater than #steel."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00428-z

Omg children remember when my sister and I drove 9 TUBS of #bakelite, #celluloid & other #vintage #buttons from my mom's #collection/ #hoard to a store in Berkeley last year??

Like please take these buttons.

Celluloid buttons are flammable, btw.

Well, I found another cache of buttons.

My #lgbtq #artist #sober friends in #NC LOVE the little bottle of buttons I brought back so now I really want to #liberate these ones for the gays 🤷‍♀️

#fiberArts
#recoveryPosse
@recoveryposse

Since I acquired some brown filament, I've been thinking about printing some small replicas of vintage #bakelite radios. This PLA has something like that look.

They're beautiful things from an iconic and influential age of design.

Here are four attractive ones that would work with my filament supply. The design capture would be a fun effort too.

#vintage #3Dprinting

Retrotechtacular: Philips Factory Tour, circa 1930s - If you’ve got a half-hour or so to spare, you could do worse than this video trip through a Philip... - https://hackaday.com/2021/03/03/retrotechtacular-philips-factory-tour-circa-1930s/ #retrotechtacular #assemblyline #vacuumtube #bakelite #factory #philips #1930s #radio

Anybody on here like Bakelite?
#Bakelite #VintageRadios

Seeing my brown PLA filament printing I'm getting ideas about other stuff to print with it. It would be great for replicas of old #Bakelite electronics gear, like radios and instruments of various kinds. Also old rusty metal things.

#3dprinting

@ringo
I understand the feud and all thru history. History and religion are two of my favorite subjects. Religion mainly for the sociology aspects.

LeVays book is somewhat laughable. Not real heavy into true dark religion. More of a 'dont be used; worship yourself' theme. Palpable for the masses. Seems written as a shoe-in, culture wise, for a greater push, like we see now.

Good thing u said something! I was about to pick up the ADL blue-phone. I have a direct line.. #Bakelite style

Two more Antique Cameras I have added to my Collection

The Kodak Bantam f8 - Produced from 1935-1948 - Original Cost $4.75 - Used 828 film

The Kodak Junior Six-16 Series ll Produced from 1938-1949 - Original Cost $12.00 - Used 616 film

#photo #photography #antique #cameras #kodak #film #VintageCamera #bakelite #folding

Nixies Adorn a Cold War Relic to Make a Geiger Clock - Say what you will about the centrally planned economies of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War, bu... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/02/27/nixies-adorn-a-cold-war-relic-to-make-a-geiger-clock/ #geigercounter #classichacks #clockhacks #bakelite #classic #clock #nixie #retro

Pic of the #vintage #dial #bakelite phones. The way I bought them, not polished.

Today three long-sought #vintage 60's #dial #bakelite #phones added to my collection. Two Ericsson's: a white (desk) and a black (wall). The third is a black (desk) from Heemaf (Dutch brand). The two desk phones have an extra (mother-in-law) loudspeaker.