Hyatt, IS (English spelling) HyattIS

Japanese: Hyatt,I.S.(英語表記)HyattIS
Hyatt, IS (English spelling) HyattIS

…In 1863, a billiard ball manufacturer offered a prize for the invention of an artificial substitute for ivory that could be used to make billiard balls. In 1868, the American Hyatt brothers, John Wesley Hyatt and Isaiah S. Hyatt, succeeded in this by mixing camphor with nitrocellulose, and won the prize. Celluloid was the product name that Hyatt coined, but it later became a common name. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Hyatt, IS" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…1863年,あるビリヤードボール製造業者が,象牙にかわってビリヤードボール用原料として使える人造代用品の発明に対し賞金をかけた。68年,アメリカのハイアット兄弟John Wesley Hyatt,Isaiah S.Hyattはニトロセルロースにショウノウを混ぜることによってこれに成功し賞金を得た。セルロイドはハイアットが名づけた商品名であるが,その後,一般名としても通用する名前となった。…

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