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Pictured: Melamine Dials Throughout Production, Excerpt from “Research Provides New Materials For R.R. Type Dials,” Timely Topics, July 1953. Following extensive experimentation with nearly forty materials to find a suitable replacement for vitreous enamel, the Hamilton Watch Company began the finalization process for the new material...
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Pictured: Newspaper Excerpt Featuring Melamine Dinnerware, The Evening Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), November 11, 1953. Melamine was initially discovered by German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1834. Despite having unique properties, the compound was not commercialized until over a century later. In 1938, the American Cyanamid Company...
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