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Charles Goodyear
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Charles Goodyear was an American inventor who discovered the vulcanization process, a chemical treatment that makes rubber more durable and useful. This invention transformed rubber from a fragile material into something practical for everyday products, fundamentally changing manufacturing and commerce.
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- 1800
- Died
- 1860
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- 8
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- Copy of the testimony in the case read in equity, Horace H. Day, ads., Charles Goodyear
- The India-rubber journal's facsimile reproduction (reduced by 1/10) of Charles Goodyear's "Gum-elastic" (2 vols in 1) with the 31 plates
- C. Goodyear, Jr., ex., et al., vs. the Providence Rubber Company
- In equity, Charles Goodyear against Horace H. Day
- Decision in the Great India Rubber Case of Charles Goodyear vs. Horace H. Day
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Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.