sf wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey! I been to Akron. We toured a gorgeous mansion there which used
>> to belong to one of the big tire guys - the one who started
>> vulcanizing?
>
> I have no idea what vulcanizing is, but are you talking about
> Firestone?


Charles Goodyear, who invented the rubber vulcanizing process c. 1847...

Didja know that one of the first rubber products to use the vulcanization
process was the rubber condom...

IIRC Goodyear also died stony broke, he lost everything...


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Greg