1. Henri Dreyfus was a Swiss inventor of the modern weaving loom.
16 Facts About Henri Dreyfus
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Henri Dreyfus was born in 1882, into a Jewish family, from Basel, Switzerland in 1878.
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Henri Dreyfus was the younger brother of Camille Dreyfus.
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Henri Dreyfus's parents were Abraham and Henrietta Dreyfus.
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In 1904 Henri Dreyfus earned a PhD from the University of Basel with the highest honors.
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The Dreyfus brothers began experimenting in a small laboratory in a corner of the garden of their father's house in Basel.
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The Henri Dreyfus brothers produced the first acetate continuous filament yarn in 1913.
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Henri Dreyfus made lacquers that were used for German Zeppelins and airplanes.
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Camille and Henri Dreyfus moved to Britain in 1916 to supervise construction of a factory to make the dope, used to coat the fabric skins of airplanes to make them taut, fire-resistant and waterproof.
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Camille Henri Dreyfus had left in February 1918 to set up an American operation, later to become the Celanese Corporation, and did not return until July 1919.
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Spondon had the capacity to make about 1,000 pounds of acetate filament daily when Henri Dreyfus launched the product under the "celanese" brand in 1921.
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Henri Dreyfus concentrated on technical development and running the British company for the rest of his life.
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Henri Dreyfus changed its name to British Celanese in 1923.
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Henri Dreyfus was a director of the American company until his death.
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Henri Dreyfus was effective in promoting his company's products in competition with other artificial fiber manufacturers, notably Courtaulds.
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Henri Dreyfus developed a methanol carbonylation pilot plant at British Celanese as early as 1925.