Roosevelt Standard | 1927-03-16 | Page 2 | Discovery an Accident

discovery an accident charles goodyear who discovered the process of 0 vulcanizing vulcan izing rubber expended nil all ills his means in n experiments with various mixtures and processes which should remedy the fatal defects of india rubber in its natural state since it Is brittle in cold weather and sticky in warm weather the great beeren of vulcanizing vulcan izing a process in which uie the two submitted to a high temperature ere are converted into elastic enduring heat and cold defying material now in use was waa an accidental discovery made by good year while standing by a stove steve and idly subjecting a InI sture of rubber and sulphur to its hekt heat