Nathaniel C. Wyeth (October 24, 1911 - July 4, 1990) was a mechanical engineer and American inventor. He is famous for creating polyethylene terephthalate that can withstand the pressure of carbonated fluids. Made of recycled PET plastic, lighter than glass and almost unbreakable, Wyeth's invention is widely used today for carbonated and non-carbonated beverages.
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Biography
Born in Asgard near Chadds Ford, he performed his technical talent throughout his youth. Wyeth holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He married Caroline Pyle in 1937. Biographer David Michaelis finds less evidence than some locals who tend to think that Caroline and Wyeth's father, N. C. Wyeth, continue a relationship. Caroline died in 1973 and then Wyeth married Jean Grady in 1984.
Wyeth and Caroline have five sons, Howard, N. Convers III, Andrew, John, and David, and one daughter, Melinda, who died very young. The sixth child (their first), Newell, died in 1945 with N.C. Wyeth (Wyeth's father), when their car stopped on a railroad which was passing near their house and they were hit by a milk cart.
Wyeth is also known as the brother of painter Andrew Wyeth, Carolyn Wyeth, and Henriette Wyeth Hurd, the father of musician Howard Wyeth, and as the son of artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth.
Wyeth often calls himself "another Wyeth" because of N.C. and Andrew Wyeth is very famous.
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Careers
Nathaniel Wyeth joined DuPont in 1936 as a field engineer. In 1963, he was the company's first engineer associate and when he retired in 1976, was DuPont's first senior engineering associate, the company's highest technical position.
In 1967, he contemplated whether the soda could be stored in plastic bottles. After experimenting with plastic detergent bottles that proved unable to withstand the pressure of pressurized fluid, he realized that a stronger material would be needed. He initially experimented with polypropylene, but eventually settled on polyethylene terephthalate as a material and received a patent in 1973.
Wyeth received the 1981 Society of Plastics Engineers international award for outstanding achievement, and was inducted into the Society of the Plastics Industry Hall of Fame in 1986. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Wyeth was the first senior engineering fellow at DuPont, the highest technical position of the company. Nathaniel created or created twenty-five products. In 1990, Wyeth was a DuPont Award for Lavoisier Award for Technical Achievement.
Wyeth's other innovations include improvements in manufacturing, plastics, textiles, electronics, and mechanical devices.
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References
- MIT Inventor of the Week, August 1998
- The New York Times (August 26, 1984). "Nathaniel Wyeth Weds Jean Grady" . Obtained 2007-02-22 .
- Fowler, Glenn (July 7, 1990). "N. C. Wyeth, Inventor, Dies at 78; Developing Plastic Soda Bottles". The New York Times . Retrieved 2008-03-29 .
- Nathaniel C. Wyeth (Filed November 30, 1970, Published May 15, 1973). "US Patent 3733309 Biaxially Oriented Poly (ethy.ene terephthalate) Bottle , via Google.com". Archived from the original in 2013-01-25 . Obtained 2007-02-19 .
External links
- Nathaniel C. Wyeth in the "Academy of Plastic Hall of Fame".
- Nathaniel C. Wyeth in "Polymer Processing Hall of Fame".
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