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...Dektred is a new Goodyear nonskid flooring material for ships. A thick liquid, it may be sprayed or troweled on steel, wood or concrete, weighs little in the thin coating (1/32 in.) needed. Dektred is unimpaired by 50°-below-zero cold, softens but slightly in 160° heat, resists gasoline, oil, soap, salt water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wartime Technology, Apr. 5, 1943 | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...Nonskid, chatter-proof false teeth are a postwar promise. Secret of their soundproofing: acrylic plastic, which is durable but not so hard that it clacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Plastics' Progress | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

Queen Elizabeth, visiting a defense plant, found she had to get herself fitted with a special pair of nonskid shoes before she could look around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Beauty, Health, Style | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...nonskid flapjack turner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Apr. 1, 1940 | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...nonskid coat hanger on which trousers will not bunch up by sliding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Jun. 5, 1939 | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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