Count Hilaire de Chardonnet
A portrait of Count Hilaire de Chardonnet (1839-1924). Chardonnet was a French chemist and industrialist who invented the process of manufacturing rayon. Obtaining a patent in 1884 on a fibre produced by extruding a solution of cellulose nitrate through fine glass capillaries (a process intended to imitate that of the silkworm), Chardonnet developed artificial silk. Soon after, the world's first artificial silk factory was constructed at Besancon in northern France. The modern rayon industry developed from Chardonnet's silk-making process
Picture No
10802149
Media ID
47601509
Size
3322px x 3651px
(10.5MB)
Credit
©Photo Researchers / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Non-editorial use may require 3rd party clearances; please contact your sales representative
Source
Photo Researchers
Pick your License
Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom
Artificial Chardonnet Garments Hilaire Rayon
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > PHR
