CHARLES GOODYEAR.

Autor: Parton, James
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Zdroj: Famous Americans of Recent Times; 1/1/1871, p167-187, 21p
Abstrakt: Chapter 7 of the book "Famous Americans of Recent Times," by James Parton is presented. It features the life and works of Charles Goodyear, the first white American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. It also mentions that the circumstances attending the discovery of Goodyear's process is described in his book, "Gum-Elastic and Its Varieties," with a detailed account of its application and uses.
Databáze: Complementary Index