Synthetic Collection

ILN cover - Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock
Chloromycetin synthesised for the first time by Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock. Chloromycetin was discovered to be a powerful means of fighting typhus and typhoid. On March 27th 1949, Parke, Davis and Co

Courtelle advertisement, Marcus dress 1959
Advertisement for a smart sheath day dress by Marcus made in Courtelle fabric - a new type of acrylic fibre manufactured by Courtaulds

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Lekythos with reliefs depicting a goodbye with three women
Funerary monument shaped oil bottle (lekythos) with reliefs depicting a goodbye with three women. From Athens. Ca. 330 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Lekythos decorated with reliefs depicting a goodbye with thr
Funerary monument shaped oil bottle (lekythos) decorated with reliefs depicting a goodbye with three women. From Athens. Ca. 330 BC. Copy in synthetic marble with reconstructed polychromy

Replica of the lab worktable of the Italian chemist Giulio N
Replica of the lab worktable on which the Italian chemist Giulio Natta (1903-1979) worked and invented the first synthetic plastic of second generation: the isotactic polypropylene

Women workers manufacturing synthetic phenol, WW1
Women munition workers testing the temperature of phenol as it runs into drums during the production of explosives. Date: 1918

Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930
Beatl is a word that will soon be well known as word china - for Beatl is the name of the wonderful new material that is rapidly replacing china and glass everywhere

Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942
Another Goodyear contribution to progress. Since the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies the loss of our crude rubber supply has been extremely serious to the Allied War Effort

Advert for Beatl picnic basket 1930
No more breakages, no soggy paper plates and cups. Bright and colourful Beatl picnic basket. Date: 1930

Advert for Beatl coffee service 1930
Bright and colourful Beatl coffee service with tray to match, complete with quaintly-formed sugar and cream. Date: 1930

Diamond and simulants
Five gemstones showing dispersion and light spill. Left to right: strontium titanate, cubic zirconia, diamond, YAG, and synthetic white sapphire

Imitation Coral
A piece of imitation coral. In its true state coral is made up of colonies of small organisms called polyps

Imitation turquoise
A slab of imitiation turquoise. True specimens of turquoise are among the most valuable non-transparent minerals

Imitation emerald
A faceted teardrop synthetic emerald

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes

Three evening dresses by Doeuillet and Beer

Science / Robert Robinson
ROBERT ROBINSON Scientist; pioneer in the synthetic production of penicillin; winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1947 for his work on alkaloids

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

Victor Stiebel / Rayon
Elegant evening gown designed by Victor Stiebel in yarn-dyed rayon satin produced by Driver Bros.Keighley. Photo promoting the British Rayon & Synthetic Fibres Federation

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