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Definition of Charles Goodyear
1. Noun. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Goodyear
Literary usage of Charles Goodyear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leading American Inventors by George Iles (1912)
"Charles Goodyear AIR and water, food and shelter, were the first gifts of Nature
to man. Amid his lowly kindred he soon declared his primacy by wielding ..."
2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"This striking personage in the group of truth seekers is that of Charles Goodyear.
He saw new properties in the gum of a tree. He had faith that there must ..."
3. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"Charles Goodyear, of St. John's-wood—Improvements in the manufacture of pens,
... Charles Goodyear, of Avenue-road, St. John's 2009. Charles Goodyear ..."
4. Tarry at Home Travels by Edward Everett Hale (1906)
"Let one of my young friends who wants a theme for a tragedy try his hand on this
story. Do not tell me that what Mrs. Richmond says Charles Goodyear. ..."