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Désirée Le Beau
Sidonie Désirée Le Beau (14 February 1907 - 20 January 1993) was an Austro-Hungarian-American colloid chemist and inventor with extensive experience and expertise in the reprocessing and reuse of synthetic and natural rubber. As Director of Research for the Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Company, she was the first woman to hold such a position in the rubber industry. She was responsible for developing materials from scrap rubber, mostly old tires, for reuse in new products. Her work generated 5 patents in her name that covered chemical processes for rubber material reuse and in one case, a pad for railroad ties made from reused rubber materials. She earned honors from the American Chemical Society for her service to the organization. Early life and education Le Beau was born in Cieszyn, Teschen, Austria-Hungary, now in modern-day Poland. Her Polish mother gave birth while her father, a soldier in the Austrian Army, was serving in Dalmatia. She received her early educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly constituted the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn as a single town. Geography The town is situated on the Olza (river), Olza river, a tributary of the Oder River, which forms the border with the Czech Republic. It is located within the western Silesian Foothills north of the Silesian Beskids and Mt. Czantoria Wielka, a popular ski resort. Cieszyn is the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, the southeasternmost part of Upper Silesia. Until the end of World War I in 1918 it was a seat of the Duchy of Cieszyn, Dukes of Cieszyn. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between the two newly created states of Second Polish Republic, Poland and First Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
