Thursday, May 9, 2013

History of Tyres

Charles Goodyear was recorded as the first inventor of the rubber tires. born in New Haven on December 29, 1800. He's an American citizen who found a way vulcanization of rubber in 1839. He then patented his invention in 1844. At first Charles Goodyear is a former merchant who went bankrupt and was imprisoned due to debt. In 1830 the world is experiencing fever and Charles Goodyear rubber was keen to cultivate the rubber.

Rubber material is good but the material is sangit fetid, hardens when cold and too sticky when warm and look can not be used for practical purposes. Charles Goodyear set up a company and strive to make useful materials. Previously for seven years, he tried to cultivate rubber materials with magnesium oxide, bronze powder, nitric acid and lime adhesive, but still no results.

In an auspicious day in 1839, he cleaned his hands of powder spread, which consists of a mixture of rubber and sulfur. Powder and it fell into a furnace on fire. When the rubber melt, it reacts with sulfur materials and found that the material has the character changed like elastic skin. This is the first vulcanized rubber or rubber tires created.

Goodyear also managed to find a weather resistant rubber. Then he was obsessed with making a variety of goods from homemade materials and the patented his creation. Intention step Goodyear patented his discovery was preceded by a British rubber pioneer named Thomas Hancock who ironically vulcanization method that digunakanya inspired creations example weather resistant Goodyear rubber. He also tried to fight through legal channels, but eventually lost and then lost his French patent, and not only that, the royalty was canceled.

In August 1824, Goodyear married Clarissa Beecher and they were blessed with seven children, one of whom was William Henry Goodyear. Charles Goodyear died in New York on July 1, 1860, leaving debts amounting to USD 200,000. But eventually Goodyear sacrifice and hard work was not in vain, because his family could enjoy it all through the accumulated royalties temuanya it, and the more meaningful again, his name has been inscribed as a pioneer of the modern world rubber industry.

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