新出的耐郎襪子(nylon). 1940/不穿東洋絲做的絲襪

1940.10.9 胡適家書第17號 "...... 我不穿絲襪  是因為美國絲襪是用東洋絲做的 你寄的絲襪 我當然可以穿了....."

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides, first produced on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Carothers at DuPont's research facility at the DuPont Experimental Station. Nylon is one of the most commonly used polymers.

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 For historical perspectives on nylon, see the Documents List of "The Stocking Story: You Be The Historian" at the Smithsonian website, by The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

"Nylon Sellout, Newsweek, May 27, 1940, pp 65-66. 尼龍絲襪一上市就銷罄

 1940.6.15 胡適家書第10號 "......這一次信裏 我寄兩雙襪子給你 一雙八放半 一雙九放  這都是新出的耐郎襪子(nylon (Nylon))......"

1940.6.22 再寄二雙

• "The Stocking Story"

Documents List
Not all of the articles listed here are linked. Unlinked articles may be obtained at a library.

"Textiles: No. 2,130,948," Time, October 3, 1938, p 47-8. Du Pont Co. Press Release. October 28, 1938.
"Nylon Sellout, Newsweek, May 27, 1940, pp 65-66.
"Nylon," Life, June 10, 1940, pp 60-1.
"Stocking Panic," Business Week, August 9, 1941, p24.
"Hosiery Woes," Business Week, February 7, 1942, pp 40-3.

The worn out nylon stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers c. 1942

"A Woman Complains," Business Week, October 3, 1942, p87.
"Nylon After the War," Science News Letter, January 9, 1943, p19.
"Nylon in Tires," Scientific American August 1943, p 78.
Beatrice Oppenheim, "Post War Jobs For Nylon," New York Times Magazine, November 5, 1944, p 37.
Edith Efron, "Legs are Bare Because They Can't Be Sheer," New York Times Magazine, June 24,1945, p 17.
"Bootleg Nylons," Readers Digest, February 1945, pp 66-8.