Thursday, 14 April 2022

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: The Grateful Dead did not have much use for Goodyear's discovery


 Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) was an America self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber for which he received a patent in 1844. He is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.

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  1. Thee hirsute young men obviously have been to the local poodle parlour and have no need of a comb!

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  2. As Michael’s dad used to say…”get yer hair cut”….love a collage with a back story,,,,or back comb even…

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  3. You can't tell the boys from the girls anymore!

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    1. Hah! You sound like all the dads in the late 1960s...

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