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11-09-2012, 11:02 PM #1
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Thanked: 884John Wesley Hyatt - was looking for an ivory substitute, particularly for billiard balls. He found an ivory substitute consisting of cellulose nitrate and camphor in 1870, called the product Celluloid and marketed the balls in 1872, with disastrous results - the balls tended to explode when they collided!
Remington used a version they called pyremite for pocket knife scales. Early versions of that stuff were also known to spontaneously ignite.
I bet that made for some interesting games.Member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, participant SE Asia War Games 1972-1973. The oath I swore has no statute of limitation.