Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 220
present day there has been but one worthy addition toglass and pottery, leather and paper, namely, the vulcanizedrubber due to Charles Goodyear. Were it as cheap as glassor steel, it would be just as commonly and usefully em-ployed. Charles Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut,on December… … [From the painting by G. P. A. Healy, Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. I CHARLES GOODYEAR 177 London merchants who, in 1683, founded the colony ofNew Haven. Charles Goodyear, as a boy, was studiousand resolute, giving clear promise of the man. In youthhe had some thought of…
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