Franz Kolb

1880s) was a German pharmacist and the inventor of the modeling paste Plastilin.

Because of different patent rights in Germany and England there are different views about who actually invented plasticine.

In England, William Harbutt is seen as the inventor, while in Germany it is Franz Kolb.

Kolb's German patent is from 1880 while Harbutt's English one is from 1897.

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