* October 24 – Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time anywhere in Wilmington, Delaware.

Nylon, the first synthetic fiber, made its debut in the United States as a replacement for silk, just in time for World War II rationing.

During this period he completed several novels including his first novel The Cowards ( written 1948-49, published 1958 ) and The End of the Nylon Age ( 1956 ).

" Allentown " is a song by American singer Billy Joel, which first appeared on Joel's The Nylon Curtain ( 1982 ) album, accompanied by a conceptual music video.

Although it was the first polymer pistol, the Remington Nylon 66 rifle introduced in 1959 was the first polymer-framed firearm in production.

In 2009 Jarrett founded Nylon Records and signed French female pop group Plastiscines as its first act, after seeing them on the cover of French fashion and style magazine Citizen K.

The first film to be produced by Natural Nylon was David Cronenberg's eXistenZ ( 1999 ) which was followed by Nora ( 2000 ), XX / XY ( 2002 ), Owning Mahowny ( 2003 ), To Kill a King ( 2003 ), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ( 2004 ).

Nylon was first introduced around 1939 and was rapidly in extremely high demand in the US, with up to 4 million pairs of stockings bought in one day.

Her first three releases have garnered praise from the likes of magazines such as Rolling Stone, Nylon, Interview, Marie Claire, Billboard, Essence, and Vibe.

Nylon strings also have a much lower tension than steel strings, as do the predecessors to nylon strings, gut strings ( made from ox or sheep gut ).

Representative ketones, from the left: acetone, a common solvent ; Oxaloacetic acid | oxaloacetate, an intermediate in the Krebs Cycle | metabolism of sugars ; acetylacetone in its ( mono ) enol form ( the enol highlighted in blue ); cyclohexanone, precursor to Nylon ; muscone, an animal scent ; and tetracycline, an antibiotic.

Nylon offers greater tuning stability, but is seen as anachronistic by purists, as its timbre differs from the sound of earlier gut strings.

The ends of some man-made fibers such as Dacron, Nylon, polyethylene, polyester, or polypropylene may be melted to fuse the fibers together and prevent their ends from fraying.

Synthetic materials such as Nylon and Dacron were followed by advanced sail cloths made from exotic material yarns such as Aramid ( e. g. Twaron, Technora or kevlar ), carbon fibre, HMPE ( e. g. Spectra / Dyneema ), Zylon ( PBO ) and Vectran ( see also Sailcloth ).

* Surprises, a song by Billy Joel from the 1982 album Nylon Curtain

These are often made from Nylon, which has the advantage of being very hardwearing.

Nylon exteriors are generally used to protect the spearo wetsuit from reefs but more delicate uncovered " smooth skin " wetsuits are sometimes used when diving from boats, because they dry quickly.

The above method has been called by Stanle Barnes ( Anglers ' Knots in Gut & Nylon, 2nd ed., 1951 ) " outcoil ", and is contrasted with the method that resembles the finished knot from the start, " incoil ".

Known from 1956 as Operation Schooner and then Operation Nylon, they were authorised, at the highest level, on an irregular basis to carry out covert photographic reconnaissance flights.

Between My Head and the Sky was released on 29 September 2009 and garnered impressive critical acclaim, including four-and five-star reviews from Rolling Stone, Mojo, Spin, Uncut, Q, NME, Nylon, Pitchfork, and others.

Nylon lycra leggings are often referred to as bicycle or running tights, and are shinier in appearance than those made from cotton.

Perhaps the most accessible examples of this are composites with an organic matrix and ceramic aggregate, such as asphalt concrete (" tarmac ") and filled plastic ( i. e., Nylon mixed with powdered glass ), although most metal matrix composites also benefit from this effect.

The most notable common thread among all of Jarrett's magazines ( from his latter-day Creem through Nylon ) has been an attraction to dynamic next-generation graphic design.

Cheng Nan-jung (; from time to time an anglicised name is used: Nylon Deng ; September 12, 1947 in Taipei – April 7, 1989 ) was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist.

From 1960 these were replaced with Stainless Steel ID Tags on a Green Nylon Cord, 2 circular & 1 Oval, the Oval was withdrawn around 1990

Lace began to creep into their designs this season with an off the shoulder number that was featured in Nylon magazine ( US ).

Nylon was formerly used and though only polyester is used now, the type is still also known as a nylon zipper.

Nylon 6 was developed to thwart the patent on nylon 6, 6, and while it does have a slightly different structure, its mechanical properties are remarkably similar to its condensation counterpart.

Nylon floss was found to be better than silk because of its greater abrasion resistance and elasticity.

It was co-produced by Judy Nylon and Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound and Tackhead.

Batters started out publishing his photographs himself, and since the early 1960s his work was featured in magazines such as Leg-O-Rama, Nylon Doubletake, and Tip Top, to name but a few.

Remington's Nylon 66GS Gallery Special ( 1962 to 1981 ) was one of the last. 22 Short-only rifles made especially for shooting gallery use.

Nylon, who was swaying through the halls like a raving madman, is also crushed to death.

Nylon plaid cloth inserts available on SL's and wagons, air conditioning was now available as an optional accessory.

" Allentown " is the lead track on The Nylon Curtain, which was the seventh best-selling album of the year in 1982.

There were three models of Variax acoustic modeling guitars ; the 300 Nylon String and the 300 Steel String which allow varying the body size and mic placement in the electronic model, and the more expensive cedar ( later spruce )- topped 700 ( available only with steel strings ) that had alternate tunings " built-in " and was able to emulate over a dozen rare and desirable acoustic instruments, including a real Indian sitar, rather than the Coral electric sitar modeled in the electric Variaxes.

Parody tributes included Punk rock ( I might be a Punk but I love ya baby ), Sherbet ( Howzat ), ABBA ( Salute to ABBA ), KISS ( KISS Army ), Boz Scaggs ( Nylon Degrees ), Billy Ray Cyrus ( Achy Breaky Heart ), and Peter Allen ( I Go to Rio ) ( Allen was present when Gunston parodied him on ABC's pop show Countdown, and didn't seem amused, although he would have been aware of the character having previously appeared on Gunston's ABC show as a guest.

Natural Nylon was a British film and theatre production company.

Nylon Moon was an Italian dream house production team, formed by Daniele Maffei ( aka Daniele Gas ) and Michele Generale.

His company was responsible for the development of the Nylon Tank Suit in 1948, a marked improvement over the wool and cotton suits available at the time.

Nylon, clip-on, chinstraps were introduced in the U. S. military in the 1980s

Also in 2009, Nylon introduced its iPhone app ; MinOnline listed it ( among " Top 5 iPhone Mags You May Have Missed ") as " a pleasant surprise.