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Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) experimented with India rubber until he perfected a process which revolutionized the rubber industry.

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• Charles Goodyear

  http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ct_cg.htm
  Illustration, vital statistics and biographical information.

• Charles Goodyear

  http://www.invent.org/honor/inductees/inductee-detail/?IID=68
  Information on Goodyear's discovery of vulcanized rubber.

• Grave of Charles Goodyear

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=406
  Portrait, photograph from the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, biographical sketch, and interactive visitor comments from Find A Grave.

• The Charles Goodyear Story

  https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/about/history/charles-goodyear-story.html
  Details of how the vulcanization process came to be.

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