Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART I CHARDONNET SILK (CELLULOSE NITRATE RAYON)
Chapter I・1 Emergence of First Regenerated Cellulose Fiber Industry in the Late
19th Century : Chardonnet’s Artificial Silk
Chapter I・2 First Commercialization, Dead Rock, Quick Decay after Temporary
Prosperity of Cellulose Nitrate Rayon Industry as Predecessor of
Chemical Fiber Industry
PART II CUPRAMMONIUM RAYON
Chapter II・1 Emergence of Cuprammonium Rayon Industry
Chapter II・2 Renaissance of Cuprammonium Rayon Industry in the Early
Twentieth Century
Chapter II・3 Progress of Wet-Spinning Technology in Cuprammonium Rayon Industry
Chapter II・4 Improvements of Spinning Velocity and Labor Productivity in
Cuprammonium Rayon Industry in Period of the 1900s ~ 1990s
Chapter II・5 Technological Progress of Preparative Methods of Spinning Solutions
and of Recovery and Reuse of Copper and Ammonia in Cuprammonium
Rayon Industry during the 1870 ~ 1990s
PART III VISCOSE RAYON
Chapter III・1 How did Japan Catch up Europe in Regenerated Cellulose Fiber
Technology during 1920 ~ 1930 ? : A Case Study of Asahi Kenshoku
Company, A First Joint-Venture with Germany
Chapter III・2 Career Inventory of White-Collar Senior Technical Staffs in Japanese
Regenerated Cellulose Fiber Industry in the 1920s ~ 1940s : A Case
Study of Engineers Employed once by Asahi Kenshoku Company Ltd.
Chapter III・3 Research and Development Activity of Asahi Engineers before, during
and after their Employments at Asahi Jinzokenshi and Asahi Kenshoku
in the 1919 ~ 1940s : (Part 1) Lists of Scientific Publications
Chapter III・4 Research and Development Activity of Asahi Engineers before, during
Work at and after their Employments at Asahi Jinzokenshi and Asahi
Kenshoku in the 1920 ~ 1940s : (Part 2) Analysis on the Publication
Lists
Chapter III・5 Development of Manufacturing Technology of Viscose Rayon Fibers in
Japan Since the 1930s : (Part I) Pre-War Prosperity (1930 ~ 1937)
Chapter III・6 Development of Manufacturing Technology of Viscose Rayon Fibers in
Japan Since the 1930s : (Part II) Mid-War Ordeals, Post-War
Reconstruction and Development (1938 ~ 1956)
Chapter III・7 Development of Manufacturing Technology of Viscose Rayon Fibers in
Japan Since the 1930s : (Part III) Rationalization and
Reformation (1957 ~ 1990)
