THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK 
came Cross and Bevan and many others. 
They created the Viscose process. They made 
new machines. They reduced the waste. 
They invented new baths for the pulp. They 
developed the whole process in all its 
details. And nine out of ten of these men 
were English. 
In gb per cent. of the Artificial Silk industry 
there is no invention or improvement that 
was due to Chardonnet. Both in its earliest 
beginnings, and in its latest development, the 
creators of the Artificial Silk trade have been 
English. 
The first men who actually made VISCOSE 
Silk, such as you may now see in any drapery 
shop, were three Englishmen—C. F. Cross, 
E. J. Bevan and C. Beadle. They took out 
their patent in 1892. 
Theyinvented the word“ Viscose,” which is 
now universally used. Strangely enough, 
they were not trying to make Artificial Silk. 
Their aim was to make a better filament for 
electric globes. They aimed at one trade and 
hit another. 
The two Swiss chemists, the Dreyfus 
brothers, came into the search about 1890. 
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