Jacques edwin brandenberger biography of donald

  • Jacques E. Brandenberger invented cellophane in 1908, made from wood cellulose and originally intended as a coating to make cloth more resistant to staining.
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  • Jacques Edwin Brandenberger (19 October 1872 – 13 July 1954) was a Swiss chemist and textile engineer who in 1908 invented cellophane.

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    List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees

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    Jacques E. Brandenberger

    AKA Jacques Edwin Brandenberger

    Born:19-Oct-1872
    Birthplace:Zurich, Switzerland
    Died:13-Jul-1954
    Location of death:Zurich, Switzerland
    Cause of death: unspecified

    Gender: Male
    Race or Ethnicity: White
    Occupation:Chemist

    Nationality: Switzerland
    Executive summary: Cellophane

    Jacques E. Brandenberger invented cellophane in 1908, made from wood cellulose and originally intended as a coating to make cloth more resistant to staining. After several years of further research and, refinements, and construction of a machine to make the thin, transparent film, he began production of cellophane in 1920, marketing it for industrial purposes, including eye shields for gas masks. He sold the US rights to DuPont in 1923. Improvements made in the DuPont labs made cellophane moistureproof in 1927.

    Daughter: Irma Marthe Brandenberger (d. 28-Jul-1986)

        University: PhD Chemistry, University of Berne (1895)

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    Jenny Compton has recently become a dedicated fan of cellophane. A waitress at the popular Aram's Cafe in downtown Petaluma, she's been intimately familiar with the stuff for years, as plastic omslag clearly ranks among the most commonplace item in any restaurant kitchen. Throughout the day, little parades of perishable food ingredients are endlessly wrapped and unwrapped and rewrapped igen, each new wrapping underscored by the sharp, sibilant snap-and-hiss of folding, crinkling, overlapping cellophane, snapping cellophane, tearing cellophane, occasional big wads of cellophane lazily unbunching itself on the counter or in the trashcan with the sweetly sizzling sound of a far-off campfire. It's cellophane city in there, and after so many years engaged up to her elbows in various food-service activities, one can assume that Compton has spent dozens, maybe hundreds, of hours playing with the stuff.

    "It's probably true," she grins. "I've got my hands on cellophane all day long."