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Interesting Invention - Celluloid

Alexander Parkes patented celluloid in 1856.

(He never saw his invention reach fruition. Probably because he described it as a "hard, horny elastic and waterproof substance" and patented it as a clothing waterproof for woven fabrics.)

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