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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02480.09 |
From Archive Folder | Documents relating to American inventors |
Title | Charles Goodyear to Benjamin Silliman |
Date | 20 August 1842 |
Author | Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860) |
Recipient | Silliman, Benjamin |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Sends Silliman, chemistry professor at Yale, enclosed examples (not included) of his improvements in gum elastic. Claims that "the elastic articles will not loose their elastic quality by age or by use." |
Subjects | Science and Technology Patent Invention Inventor Education |
People | Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860) Silliman, Benjamin (1779-1864) |
Place written | New York, New York |
Theme | Science, Technology, Invention |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Charles Goodyear is credited with the invention and successful application of vulcanized rubber. This note may have been written while his experiments on the substance were still underway. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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