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Article: Did he or didn't he? 163 years later, discovery of vulcanization still in dispute.(books on Charles Goodyear (News))(Book Review)
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- Rubber & Plastics News
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- December 2, 2002
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Byline: Ernie Zielasko
The rubber industry may not have noticed, but more than six decades have passed since anyone has published a full-length biography of Charles Goodyear, whom historians credit for discovering vulcanization in 1839.
In 1939, chemist-turned-historian Ralph Wolfe wrote ``India Rubber Man, the Story of Charles Goodyear,'' to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention. A year later P.W. Barker, a U.S. Department of Commerce economist, wrote ``Charles Goodyear, Connecticut Yankee and Rubber Pioneer.''
Since then, nothing. Until now, that is.
This year two well-written biographies have appeared-``Noble Obsession: ...
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