Charles+Goodyear+-+a+19th+Century+Hero+-+by+hello3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyear  1)Intro to your 19th Century Hero      2)Put hero’s life into perspective–when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important?  3)What makes your person a hero–you must prove that your person meets the criteria of your own personal definition(this is the meat of your wiki page and your submission to the My Hero website-your looking at a good four paragraphs here–focus on that spark, that moment the person decided to be heroic or do heroic acts  4)What is the person’s legacy? legacy: not exact date, but what you are remembered for    5)What advice would they have for today’s youth?

quotes: "A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps" "Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents"  Charles Goodyear was born in New Haven, CT on December 28, 1800. Throught his life he had many invetions. He made a tube, shoes, and the tire, all with rubber. He lived with his parents in New Haven, CT. When he about 14 he left and went to Philidelphia to learn the hardware business. He worked industriously until he was about 21 and then he returned back to Connecticut where he worked in partnership in his fathers business. There they manufactured ivory, metal buttons, and a variety of agricultural implements. Two years after he got married he moved to Philidelphia and opened a hardware store. Between 1828 and 1830 he got dyspepsia and it was real struggle for him to work, but he kept on trying to get through it. Between the years of 1831 and 1832 Goodyear heard about gum elastic. So he started manufacturing goods, like tubes for example. But then someone arrested him and throw him in jail. While he was in jail he tired his first experiment with India rubber. And thats how he made shoes. But he did not stop his experiments there. And then he invented the vulcanization process. And thats how he invented the tire. Charles Goodyear is a hero because he changed our life for the better. He invented the tire. Because of the invention of the tire it is a lot easier for people to get around. If no one invented the tired then it would take forever to get some where, and we wouldn’t be able to go on vacation, unless we could get a boat somewhere. Without tires we wouldn’t have cars, bikes, airplanes, or trains. We would have to walk to work, school, or the store. And that would take forever.  I don’t think that Goodyear knew he would be a hero. He was just an inventor, and was just experimenting with rubber. He didn’t know that he would invent something that we all use daily. So I think he is a hero. He made our lives easier, and many people probably don’t think that he is a hero, but they use his invention everyday and they probably don’t even realize it. In the year 1852 Goodyear went to Europe  and saw Thomas Hancock. Hancock claimed to have invented vulcanization independently. Goodyear attended the trial. If Hancock lost, Goodyear stood to have his own British patent application granted, allowing him to claim royalties from both Hancock and Moulton. Both had examined Goodyear's vulcanized rubber in 1842, but several chemists testified that it would not have been possible to determine how it was made by studying it. Hancock prevailed. Almost four decades after his death, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded and named after Goodyear by Frank Seiberling. "Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents." Meaning life isn’t about money. So people shouldn’t worry about how much money they have. They should worry about helping people. Charles Goodyear didn’t know he was helping us, but he did.

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