Materials & Manufacturing · Recorded milestone
Nylon
Recorded year1935
Wallace Carothers at DuPont creates the first synthetic fibre.
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- BakeliteRecorded · 1907enables
- Haber-Bosch fertiliserRecorded · 1913requires
Led to
- Nylon stockingsRecorded · 1939enables
- PolyesterRecorded · 1941enables
- VelcroRecorded · 1955enables
- Carbon-fibre compositesRecorded · 1963enables
- KevlarRecorded · 1965enables
- Artificial turfRecorded · 1966enables
- String trimmerRecorded · 1971enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.