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Personal Narrative of the Origin and Progress of the Caoutchouc or India-Rubber Manufacture in England

Personal Narrative of the Origin and Progress of the Caoutchouc or India-Rubber Manufacture in England

Hancock, Thomas

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Fiction AnthologiesBotany & HorticultureGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108069282
ISBN13: 9781108069281
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Feb 13 2014
Pages: 332
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Over the course of three decades, the English businessman and inventor Thomas Hancock (1786-1865) took out sixteen patents relating to the potential applications of natural rubber. Hancock's fascination with this material, the properties of which had not been fully appreciated in England, drove him to experiment extensively with manufacturing methods. This led to the development of the mechanical process of 'mastication' and the chemical process of vulcanization, the end product of which was used by Macintosh to create waterproof garments. This illustrated account of Hancock's discoveries and methods was first published in 1857. It covers the origin of his interest in natural rubber and his subsequent experiments and patents. Also included are details about the plants from which natural rubber is extracted. The result is an informed chronicle of the commercial exploitation of a versatile and lucrative resource.

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