Charles Goodyear

(1800-1860), USA. Rubber products melted in hot weather, froze and cracked in cold, and adhered to virtually everything until the day in the mid-19th century when inventor Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped some rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot stove.

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Connecticut. 1800-1860. He developed vulcanization. He died a poor man.

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