...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090136296 | Method for assembling cobblestones into mats and device for carrying out thereof A cobblestone mat usable for covering roads, sidewalks, patios, outside/inside walls, etc., is disclosed, comprising a plurality of predeterminedly shaped cobblestones disposed at a certain distance to each other and a binding net internally imparted into and joining th... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20080205985 | Fascines Inflatable members for forming fascines for filling ditches or smoothing other discontinuities in or on the ground to facilitate the passage of vehicles across the discontinuity are normally carried uninflated in a package at one side of a vehicle such as a tank. The pa... | 08/28/2008 |