[HBR] OT--WW I surplus

[Brian Burns]

Hello Martin,

~ (We don't hear much about a huge "World War One" war-surplus bulge, for
instance. Maybe there was one....)

The lore in woodworking is that there was a big surplus of gun cotton at the
end of WW I. Chemists set to work seeing what could be made from almost pure
cellulose, and came up with nitro-cellulose lacquer (wood finish), and the
various other products with "cell" in the name---celluloid, cellophane etc.
Movies were shipped in metal cans because celluloid film is highly
flammable.

~ Maybe my query is a dumb question....

No such thing---only dumb answers (;->)...

Cheers,

Brian



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