Charles+Goodyear

//**__Charles Goodyear - Invented A Way To Vulcanized Rubber__**// **By: Daniel Zuniga and Garrett Lawson**

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__Personal information__:  __Date of birth__ - December 29, 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut __Date of death__ - July 1, 1860 in New York City, New York __How He Died__ - A collapse after a heart attack __Residence__ - Georgia __Parents__ - Amasa Goodyear, Cynthia Bateman Goodyear __Siblings__ - 4 brothers and 4 sisters __Education__ - Public school for 16 years __Hobbies__ - inventing, and hardware material __Primary Job__ - A inventor most of his life __Significant Events That Impacted His Life__ - After leaving public school he attended a hardware store for work. Later on going with his dad in the farm inventing business. He was in the inventing business the rest of his life __Invention__ - A way to Vulcanize rubber __How Was It Invented__- By dropping some India made rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot stove, he accidentally discovered the process for the vulcanization of rubber __When Was It Invented__ - 1839 __Why Was It Invented__ - Various uses depending on necessary material and to strengthen the rubber for other uses in objects like tires

**Sources - Daniel** "Charles Goodyear." //NNDB: Tracking the Entire World//. NNDB, 2011. Web. 11 Oct. 2011. . This site was well used for anything about Charles Goodyear personal information. It ranged from what he did to all his siblings and relatives. The events shown are trustworthy and can be worked with. Any part of this website can be trusted for any project on Charles Goodyear.

"Charles Goodyear — Infoplease.com." //Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free Online Reference, Research & Homework Help. — Infoplease.com//. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2007. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. . This tells me the majority of the information that we need to have set in our wiki. It was very informational and tells where he lived and what he did. Everything that was super necessary was added to my wiki and stated correctly. It doesn't state the author and it was updated lately. No links led me to any additional information.

"Inventor of the Week: Archive." //MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology//. MIT, Oct. 1999. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. . This site tells me all the information on what the rubber product charles created did to society. MIT was the author and it was last updated in 1999. This website contained a great source of information and no links were provided to other information. I used this site to learn about the rubber product and it helped me find what vulcanized rubber is.

**Sources - Garrett** Reader's Digest, Reprint From. "Goodyear || History - Charles Goodyear." //Goodyear Tires//. Reader's Digest, 1996. Web. 10 Oct. 2011 . We used some of the images from this website. This website taught us about the inventor of vulcanized rubber, Charles Goodyear. This website had quite a bit of valuable information. This website did not include links to other websites with more information of the topic of choice. We used this site because it is the website of a major tire manufacturer and it is a credible source. This website helped us confirm the fact that Charles Goodyear was in no way connected to the Goodyear tire company. The Goodyear tire company was created years after his death in his honor.

Hall Of Fame, Invent Now. "Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile." //Invent Now//. Invent Now. Web. 11 Oct. 2011. . This Website helped us to better understand his life. It provided us with a great deal of information. The website had links to other websites. We used this site to supply us with information about his patents and their patent numbers. The information on this website helped us to find additional information for our project.

American Inventors. "Charles Goodyear: Inventor of Vulcanized Rubber." //Famous American Inventors//. American Inventors. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. . This website helped us to learn about his life. It was full of information and helped us to learn about his invention more. It had no links to other related websites. It was a good source to use and helped us greatly with our project.