Parkesinen.
/ˈpɑːksiːn/, U.S. /ˈpɑrkˌsin/ Now historical.
A plastic substance more or less identical with celluloid, based on nitrocellulose and castor oil or camphor.
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1862 Chem. News 9 Aug. 75/2 Parkesine.—A number of pretty and useful articles, formed of a material which the inventor, Mr. Parkes, has named after himself, are exhibited in Case 1112, Class IV. The basis of this material is the mixture of collodion and castor oil.
1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 679/1 Parkesine was first shewn in quantity at the International Exhibition of 1862.
1911 E. C. Worden Nitrocellulose Industry I. xi. 364 Lewthwaite utilized the patented product of A. Parkes (called Parkesine) by ornamenting, embossing, and printing, and treated it in a manner similar to real leather.
1964 V. E. Yarsley et al. Cellulosic Plastics xv. 181 The celluloid of the Parkesine process was produced by squeezing out the dough between rolls and subsequently removing the residual volatile solvent.
2002 Victorian Mar. 16/3 Parkes invented the semi-synthetic cellulose nitrate material called Parkesine, an early form of what is today known as celluloid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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