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Reveals that South American tribes used rubber long before the world got to know about it; when Columbus witnessed Haitian natives playing ball, he found himself mesmerized by the bouncing goo. Discovers how Charles Goodyear learned the secret of stabilizing rubber, by dropping a lump of natural rub...

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Other Authors:	Low, Karan (Director), Smith, Grub (Narrator), Soeteman, Mimi (Director, Producer), Thean-Jeje, Lee (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Melbourne, Victoria : Looking Glass International, 2011.
Series:	Quirky science ; Series 1, Episode 6 VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Rubber > History. Rubber, Artificial. Caoutchouc > Histoire. Caoutchouc synthétique. Rubber Rubber, Artificial Alexander Street Video. documentary film. Documentary films History Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Reveals that South American tribes used rubber long before the world got to know about it; when Columbus witnessed Haitian natives playing ball, he found himself mesmerized by the bouncing goo. Discovers how Charles Goodyear learned the secret of stabilizing rubber, by dropping a lump of natural rubber on his wife's stove. Explores this invention during the Industrial Revolution and the rubber boom, which turned a remote Brazilian jungle town into one of the richest cities on earth. Shows how one researcher, looking for something to replace the rubber in tires, discovered a material that can stop bullets, Kevlar.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed July 1, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (25 min.).
Playing Time:	00:24:49