Lee,

What was the original engineering need?  Was it to replace silk for stockings as 
has been indicated, or was it some other war time need that started the 
creation of nylon.  

My understanding is that fiberglass rope was to replace hemp rope because 
the hemp supply was cut off as the war progressed.  They had farmers 
stateside growing hemp as one approach to the problem.  Fiberglass turned 
out to be superior in some ways. 

Drew

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