Events Tagged: "rubber"

Charles de La Condamine studies rubber in Amazon - sends samples to Europe, describes waterproofing properties

Charles Macintosh begins commercial production of waterproof fabric - first rubberized textile

Charles Goodyear discovers vulcanization of rubber - first engineered polymer material

Henry Wickham smuggles 70,000 rubber seeds from Brazil to Kew Gardens - breaks Brazilian monopoly, enables Asian plantations