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Charles Goodyear

The Great Vulcanizer

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Charles Goodyear

Auteur(s): Daniel Alef
Narrateur(s): Baron Ron Herron
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Here's a biographical profile of Charles Goodyear, the man who gave the world one of its most useful products: vulcanized rubber. Natural rubber, the milky sap of rubber trees, is not a very practical commodity. It melts in hot weather or cracks and freezes in cold weather. In 1839, Charles Goodyear came across a process that made rubber so useful it changed the world we live in. A century later there were 122 rubber factories in Ohio, including Firestone Tire & Rubber, U. S. Rubber, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Akron was the rubber capital of the nation, probably the world.

But Goodyear's discovery did not bring him wealth or station; he spent many years and much of his fortune protecting his patents in endless court battles. Goodyear's story is the quintessential Greek tragedy.

©2008 Daniel Alef (P)2008 Daniel Alef Chimie Histoire Professionnels et universitaires Science Science et technologie
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