John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – May 10, 1920) was an American inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid.
Hyatt, a Perkin Medal recipient, is included in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He had nearly 238 patents to his credit, including improvements to sugar cane mills and water filtration devices.
JohnWesleyHyatt (November 28, 1837 – May 10, 1920) was an American inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt, a...
the Parkesine Works in Hackney, London. In the 1860s, an American, JohnWesleyHyatt, acquired Parkes's patent and began experimenting with cellulose nitrate...
JohnHyatt may refer to: JohnHyatt (clergyman) (1767–1826), English Wesleyan clergyman JohnWesleyHyatt (1837–1920), American inventor JohnHyatt (musician)...
various manufacturers, and in industrial vehicles and equipment. JohnWesleyHyatt was a printer by trade and a prolific inventor who secured over 250...
JohnWesley (/ˈwɛsli/; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement...
Carlisle, Rodney (2004). Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries, p.338. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey. ISBN 0-471-24410-4. "Winnington history in...
successful alternative came in the form of celluloid, invented by JohnWesleyHyatt in 1868. However, while celluloid was a viable substitute, it proved...
over 100 years, before going out of business in 1986. In the 1860s, JohnWesleyHyatt of Albany, New York acquired British chemist Alexander Parkes's 1855...
Sorel cement, invented in 1867, was marketed as an artificial ivory), JohnWesleyHyatt patented an "ivory imitation" composite made of nitrocellulose, camphor...
treated with nitric acid and a solvent. In 1868, American inventor JohnWesleyHyatt developed a plastic material he named Celluloid, improving on Parkes'...
a patent infringement lawsuit – ultimately unsuccessful – against JohnWesleyHyatt, developer of celluloid in the US. In 1870, however, the judge ruled...
Hancock, patented an injection molding machine. American inventor JohnWesleyHyatt, together with his brother Isaiah, patented one of the first injection...
"Renewable Raw Materials and Feedstock for Bioplastics", Bio-Based Plastics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, pp. 331–345, doi:10.1002/9781118676646.ch13, ISBN 978-1-118-67664-6...
June 2 – Sherwood College is founded in Nainital, India. June 15 – JohnWesleyHyatt patents celluloid in Albany, New York. June 27 – The fortress of Goryōkaku...
Lewis Waterman, inventor and businessman (died 1901) November 28 – John WesleyHyatt, inventor and industrial chemist (died 1920) December 10 – Edward Eggleston...
Company). Crystalate was based on Bonzoline, a plastic produced by JohnWesleyHyatt's US-based Albany Billiard Ball Company. Burt, a former Albany employee...
of his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. June 15 – JohnWesleyHyatt patents celluloid, in Albany, New York. July 15 – Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès...
granted his first patent for the Electric Vote Recorder. June 15 – JohnWesleyHyatt patents the first plastic, Celluloid, in Albany, New York. July 4...
Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1894) 1837 – JohnWesleyHyatt, American engineer (d. 1920) 1853 – Helen Magill White, American academic...
1836) May 11 – William Dean Howells, novelist (born 1837) May 10 – JohnWesleyHyatt, inventor (born 1837) May 16 – Levi P. Morton, 22nd vice president...