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 |
| 5547484 | Methods of making metallic glass foil laminate composites A process for the fabrication of a rapidly solidified foil laminate composite. An amorphous metallic glass foil is flux treated and coated with solder. Before solidification of the solder the foil is collected on a take-up spool which forms the composite ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 4661413 | Composite materials associating an amorphous barium fluoride coating with a substrate and preparation processes of these materials The invention gives a coating with a very high vitrification rate. The resulting surface has physicochemical characteristics which are similar to those of fluoride glass. In order to achieve this result, the material constituting the fluoride glass enamel... | 04/28/1987 |
| 3997314 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing a wire reinforced float glass Reinforced float glass is produced by forming a glass ribbon on a molten metal bath, imparting a predetermined thickness to the glass ribbon and thereafter cooling the glass ribbon down to a temperature not higher than about 800° C in order not to allow ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3953186 | Industrial process for the production of glass razor blades The industrial process hereinafter described begins with molten glass in which is imbedded a mesh for shatter-resistance, and is then extruded, cooled, and scribed in the size and shape of an injector-style razor blade. The scribed extrusion is inspected ... | 04/27/1976 |
