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Goodyear   /gˈʊdjɪr/   Listen
Goodyear

noun
1.
United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).  Synonym: Charles Goodyear.





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... attempts to use India rubber for shoes, coats, caps, and wagon covers failed because in warm weather the rubber softened and emitted an offensive smell. To overcome this Goodyear labored year after year to discover a method of hardening or, as it is called, vulcanizing rubber. Even when the discovery was made and patented, several years passed before he was sure of the process. In 1844 he succeeded and gave to the ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster
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Words linked to "Goodyear" :   artificer, discoverer, inventor


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