There is no parallel to nylon in nature. It is made by combining chemicals produced from such simple things as coal air, and water. Its name was picked from a list of three hundred and fifty suggestions and has no etymological significance whatsoever. Nylon belongs in the general class of superpolymers, and is thus related to such substances as resin, cellulose, and synthetic rubber. It is stronger and more elastic than any other known textile fibre. The thread used in stockings is tougher than silk and so elastic it won't sag at the knees, or anywhere else. It resists all temperatures up to 480° Fahrenheir, at which point it melts, It is not adversely affected by wear, dry-cleaning fluids, static electricity, or moths. No one has yet been found whose skin is allergic to nylon, and ne one has yet been found, either, who can substantiate the widespread notion that nylon stockings won't run. They will.
The main nylon factory is an [$8,500,000 plant at Seaford, Delaware. It is already way behind on its orders. The first nylon stockings will cost about as much as the old-fashioned silk ones, but itis expected that more factories and improved pro duction methods will lead to a reduction. Just what the silkworms will do about the situation nobody knows.
"The output of the Seaford factory will be 4,000,000 pounds of yin yarn a year, enough for 70,000,000 pairs of "ail
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