Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6306029 | System for treating meat A meat treating system, i.e. method and apparatus, for tenderization and/or killing microorganisms in and on the meat, includes an outer heavy-duty circular-cylindrical cylinder and a meat-holding inner container concentrically disposed within the outer c... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6200615 | Method for killing bacteria in meat Bacteria on and in meat, for example hamburger, is killed by subjecting the meat to an explosive shock front pressure wave propagated through an inert liquid medium at a rate of at least 6100 meters per second.... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6074680 | Method for killing bacteria in meat Bacteria on and in meat, for example hamburger, is killed by subjecting the meat to an explosive shock front pressure wave propagated through an inert liquid medium at a rate of at least 6100 meters per second.... | 06/13/2000 |
