Today I Found Out

The Rubber Band: Holding It Together Since 1820 (2017x85)

Data de estreia: Abr 09, 2017

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →’… While rubber itself has been around for centuries, rubber bands were only officially patented less than two centuries ago. Here now is a brief history of the humble, yet incredibly useful, rubber band. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/rubber-band-holding-together-since-1820/ Sources: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100628-science-ancient-maya-aztec-rubber-balls-beheaded/ http://enquirer.com/editions/2003/03/07/loc_ohiodate0307.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Perry_(inventor) http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/hot-springs-alliance-rubber-company-is-the-worlds-biggest-rubber-band-manufacturer/Content?oid=3043357 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015016043740;view=1up;seq=18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hancock_%28inventor%29 http://www.dminev.com/2008/10/charles-marie-de-la-condamine-first.html https://books.google.com/books?id=6J9EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=Charles+de+la+Condamine+rubber&source=bl&ots=IXR2Qpmo7e&sig=Gu9Frjs1Nlkr1aerokafGOuAWEI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=33u5VNq_HI37sATK74HQCw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Charles%20de%20la%20Condamine%20rubber&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNjoTn4wWwC&pg=PT3&lpg=PT3&dq=The+Hancocks+of+Marlborough:+Rubber,+Art+and+the+Industrial+Revolution+-+A+Family+of+Inventive+Genius&source=bl&ots=gXSJz311xX&sig=IHI2yWFIO0RaUHJUYDCWMLl-qbk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_mS5VPncLc21sQTx6oGIDA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2010/mayaball-0524 http://www.versteegde.nl/History_of_Elastic_and_Rubber_Bands.html http://sciencelens.co.nz/2013/03/17/rubber-band/ http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1443,00.html http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2010/03/rubber-bands/ http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d005793457;view=1up;seq=342 Image Credit: