Charles Goodyear

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
His "discovery, which came to be known as vulcanization, strengthened rubber" Goodyear $1,600 DJ THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAMER 2018-02-09 #7695
Daniel Webster helped secure this man's rights to vulcanized rubber but the attorney fees cost more than his earnings Charles Goodyear $600 DJ INVENTORS & INVENTIONS 2001-07-19 #3904
Thomas Hancock won a British patent for the vulcanization of rubber after studying this man's samples Charles Goodyear $200 J INVENTIONS 1997-09-19 #3000
In December 1855 this inventor of vulcanized rubber was jailed in Paris for debt Charles Goodyear $300 J INVENTORS 1996-03-27 #2673
Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber in England the year before this man in the U.S. Charles Goodyear $300 J INVENTORS 1996-01-11 #2619
In the 1850s he wrote a 2-volume work, "Gum-Elastic and Its Varieties" (Charles) Goodyear $800 DJ INVENTORS 1995-06-30 #2510
While in debtor's prison, he began his experiments which led to vulcanized rubber Goodyear $600 DJ INVENTORS 1995-04-12 #2453
In 1839 this rubber pioneer discovered the process of vulcanization Goodyear $400 DJ SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS 1993-05-05 #2008
In the 1850s this rubber pioneer wrote an account of his discoveries in "Gum-Elastic & Its Varieties" Goodyear $400 J INVENTORS 1992-05-05 #1782
While in prison for debt, he began experiments that led him to vulcanize rubber Charles Goodyear $500 J INVENTIONS 1991-01-07 #1466
In 1924 this U.S. company acquired the German Zeppelin patents under license Goodyear $500 J INVENTIONS 1990-09-27 #1394
He also invented the rubber dental plate (Charles) Goodyear $500 J INVENTIONS 1985-01-30 #103
Unable to make money on his patent for vulcanized rubber, he died $200,000 in debt Charles Goodyear $400 J INVENTORS 1984-10-11 #24
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