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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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"Goodyear" Quotes from Famous Books



... accompanying engraving is designed for the manufacture of water gas for heating purposes, and is described in a communication, by Mr. W.A. Goodyear, to the American Institute ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 • Various
... man work harder, suffer more keenly, or remain more steadfast to one great purpose of life, than did Charles Goodyear. The story of his life—for the most part mournful—teems with touching interest. No inventor ever struggled against greater or more often returning obstacles, or against repeated failures more overwhelming. Goodyear is often compared, as a martyr and hero of invention, to Bernard Palissy the potter. ...
— The Junior Classics • Various


Words linked to "Goodyear" :   Charles Goodyear, artificer, inventor, discoverer


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