On Fri, 10 May 2013 11:20:02 -0400, Brooklyn1
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>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...0&t=1368199050
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>Origin of CELLOPHANE
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>French, from cellulose + -phane (as in diaphane diaphanous, from
>Medieval Latin diaphanus)
>First Known Use: 1912
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It took ten years for Brandenberger to perfect his film, his chief
improvement over earlier work with such films being to add glycerin to
soften the material. By 1912 he had constructed a machine to
manufacture the film, which he had named Cellophane, from the words
cellulose and diaphane ("transparent").