The Rubber Band

[2cheryl]

In the early years, the Mayan People began to use latex for many things, like, making tools and rubber balls. Latex is sap that comes from plants and when it reaches the air, it hardens into a springy substance. The Mayans figured out how to mix the latex with other plant juices to make it more durable and reliable.

In 1736, sheets of rubber were shipped to France, and in that result many things were invented. In 1971, an Englishman figured out how to waterproof cloth by mixing rubber with turpentine, and another scientist discovered that you could use rubber to erase pencil marks! Thomas Hancock founded the British rubber industry and he invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber. He invented the masticator to conserve rubber.

Rubber was the beginning to many new inventions, like, the tire, waterproofing fabrics, shoes, hoses, and many other things!


On March 17, 1845, Stephen Perry put a patent on what many be the most important invention known to man kind. The rubber band! He mad the first rubber bands out of vulcanized rubber. Perry came up with this brilliant idea so papers and envelopes could easily be held together.

The rubber band impacted our country greatly. We are now able to securely hold pencils and many other things together when we don't have a bag around. The rubber band has many good uses.


http://www.versteegde.nl/Bambustic/RubberBands/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800a.shtml

[Mr. Bruns]

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