He created the earliest form of plastic which was called parkesine.

His work began the plastic revolution with the discovery called Parkesine.

In the end, Parkesine became obsolete because the cost of production materials was too high!

Parkes produced a number of decorative items in Parkesine, but very few survive.

Parkesine is the trademark for the first man-made plastic, nitrocellulose.

There is also a plaque on the wall of the site of the Parkesine Works.

The introduction of Parkesine is generally regarded as the birth of the plastics industry.

It was hard but flexible and transparent, and he called it "Parkesine."

The Parkesine company ceased trading in 1868.

Plastipedia is an encyclopedia about plastics from its birth in 1862 with the invention of Parkesine.

Parkesine was made from cellulose treated with nitric acid and a solvent.

He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.

The generic name of Parkesine is pyroxylin, or Celluloid.

Parkesine is often called synthetic ivory.

It was not, however, a commercial success as Parkesine was expensive to produce, prone to cracking and highly flammable.

In 1866 Parkes formed the Parkesine Company to mass-produce the material.

In 1856, he patented Parkesine, a celluloid based on nitrocellulose treated with a variety of solvents.

Alexander Parkes patents the first thermoplastic, Parkesine.

Spill became aware of Parkes' claim for the waterproof qualities of Parkesine probably at the 1862 exhibition.

Pictures of Parkesine are held by the Plastics Historical Society of London.

The crucial invention of celluloid was made in 1855 by Alexander Parkes, a substance he initially called Parkesine.

In 1866, the Parkesine Company was established with Daniel Spill as works manager and Parkes as managing director.

For over 20 years Spill had pursued the goal of making a successful business from Alexander Parkes' invention Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.

In 1866 he set up The Parkesine Company at Hackney Wick, London, for bulk low-cost production.

Alexander Parkes exhibits Parkesine, one of the earliest synthetic polymers, at the International Exhibition in London.