print email comment close The Charles Goodyear Story: The Strange Story of Rubber URL: http://www.goodyear.com/corporate/history/history_story.html Description: An overview of the development of natural rubber, the "first and most versatile of the modern 'plastics.'" The discussion focuses on the contributions of Charles Goodyear, who invented vulcanized rubber in the mid-18th century. The article notes, "Neither Goodyear nor his family was ever connected with the company named in his honor." From the January 1958 issue of Reader's Digest. Publisher: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Extra Keywords Hancock Library of Congress Subject Headings: Goodyear, Charles, 1800-1860 Inventors -- United States People Rubber Vulcanization LII Database Information: Record 20356 created by Maria Brandt on 01/12/2006 Last modification on 01/18/2006 Published: 01/19/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20356