Today I Found Out

Today I Found Out

The Luckless Rubber Maven: Charles Goodyear (2018x27)


Data de estreia: Jan 27, 2018

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to su→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Siberian Family Who Didnt See Other Humans For Over 40 Years https://youtu.be/zwN7UNZIevs?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR Adolf Hitler's British Nephew Who Joined the U.S. Navy https://youtu.be/WbvR1VtfShw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: Nineteenth century America was a good time to be inventor. With the right timing, invention, marketing, and patent, one could become rapidly rich. Elias Howe (the sewing machine), Samuel Morse (Morse code), and Cyrus McCormick (the mechanical reaper) were just a few of the pioneers who reaped the financial rewards of their business acumen. Despite being the inventor of one of the most influential innovations of the past two hundred years, Charles Goodyear was not like his peers. Due to bad luck, losing a patent battle, and rather lackluster marketing skills, Goodyear died little known and with massive debt, not to mention his rather tragic family life. Here is the story of the luckless rubber maven, Charles Goodyear. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/luckless-rubber-maven-charles-goodyear/ Sources: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=KjsPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA13 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=loc_main&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE%7CGGJEAV155661684&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631002613 http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01

  • Estreia: Out 2013
  • Episódios: 2343
  • Seguidores: 1
  • A decorrer
  • YouTube
  • Daily