Leo Baekeland Quotes

I also served on many government committees.
Leo Baekeland

I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite.
Leo Baekeland

In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899.
Leo Baekeland

Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930.
Leo Baekeland

Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars.
Leo Baekeland

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Leo Baekeland Quotes

Type: Inventor Quotes Category: Quotes Date of Birth: November 14, 1863 Date of Death: February 23, 1944 Nationality: Belgian Find on Amazon: Leo Baekeland Related Authors: Thomas A. Edison Nikola Tesla R. Buckminster Fuller Alexander Graham Bell Charles Kettering Edwin Land Orville Wright Edwin Armstrong Eli Whitney	I also served on many government committees. Leo Baekeland I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite. Leo Baekeland In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899. Leo Baekeland Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930. Leo Baekeland Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars. Leo Baekeland