
What began as an attempt to replace ivory in billiard balls by John Wesley Hyatt turned into one of the earliest synthetic plastics, shaping industries from film to everyday products.
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[Celluloid history, John Wesley Hyatt, synthetic plastic invention, material science, accidental inventions, early plastics, film history, ivory alternative]
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