2 8 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 20cm
Description
A spool of viscose rayon made at Wolston, near Coventry. Viscose rayon is a regenerated cellulose and due to the obtained solution being yellow and rather viscose it was known as 'Viscose'. Viscose rayon was produced by Englishmen Charles F Cros and Edward J Bevan and patented by Cros, Bevan and C Beadle in 1892 with the British patents taken over by by Courtaulds in 1904.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10276818
© Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library