A painter puts the finishing touches on a series of wooden balls that represent the chain molecule of cellulose at the Palais de La Decouverte Museum in Paris. – Vintage Photograph

On October 16th, 1956, a painter in the organic chemistry section of the Palais de La Decouverte Museum in Paris was observed putting the finishing touches to a series of wooden balls of varying colors. These balls represent the chain molecule of cellulose, a basic substance of the vegetal cells of cotton.On October 16th, 1956, a painter in the organic chemistry section of the Palais de La Decouverte Museum in Paris was observed putting the finishing touches to a series of wooden balls of varying colors. These balls represent the chain molecule of cellulose, a basic substance of the vegetal cells of cotton.

Dimensions: 15.4 x 20.3 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04875331

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OCR computer generated text:

PEINTURES ET VERNIS CELLULOSE

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16 OCT 1956 THE CELLULOSE MOLECULE SIX NEW DEPARTMENTS WILL SOON BE OPEN TO VISITORS IN PARIS’S SCIENTIFIC MUSEUM, THE PALAIS DE LA DECOUVERTE. THEY WILL BE DEDICATED TO METALLOGRAPHY, PHOTO-CHEMISTRY, ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY SPECTOGRAPHY, SURGERY. THE SIXTH WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR THE WORLS OF PASTEUR. PHOTO SHOWS A PAINTER IN THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SECTION OF THE MUSEUM PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A SERIES OF WOODEN BALLS, COLOURS, REPRESENT THE CHAIN MOLECULE THE BALLS, OF VARYING OF CELLULOSE, A BASIC SUBSTANCE OF THE VEGETAL CELLS OF COTTON. PAR/STF.F. 17320 111056 N ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON Do0948. ******000 9961 100 91 AL HI NO SE READ MOOTOR SUN BOL ORAINI SI CON LE SOIR CALVIDOSOV SINA ANO AN HONOLLOS