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Charles Goodyear Biography

Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor, best known for the discovery of vulcanizing, allowing rubber to become an elastic and heat-and-cold-defying material.

Famous People, Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Samuel V. Daniel III and Barbara O. Natanson, eds., May, 2000, <http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/235_pog.html> Engraving by W. G. Jackman. New York: D. Appleton & Co. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7162; LC-USZ6-57

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