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In 1942, during the second World War, scientist Harry Coover was charged with creating a material that could be used to make clear, plastic gun sights. But the task at hand turned out to be a sticky one—literally. The substance he created was extremely adhesive, and as a result, researchers rejected it.
Mar 28, 2011 · Harry Coover. Harry Coover, who died on March 26 aged 94, was the inventor of Super Glue, the world’s strongest adhesive, which became a household staple with uses ranging from simple joinery to ...
While supervising a group of Kodak chemists investigating heat-resistant polymers for jet-plane canopies, Harry W. Coover Jr. ’41, P’66 discovered cyanoacrylate monomers. Though they were too sticky to be useful on planes, they required neither heat nor pressure to bond, unique properties at the time.
Jul 30, 2021 · Dr. Harry Coover discovered super glue during World War II (Composite via Canva). Ah, super glue — the greatest-of-all-time fast-acting adhesive for all of your stuck-together needs. Chances are ...
Harry Coover kort voor de overhandiging van de National Medal of Technology and Innovation door president Barack Obama. Harry Wesley Coover Jr. ( Newark, 6 maart 1917 – Kingsport, 26 maart 2011) was een Amerikaans chemicus en uitvinder. Hij werd vooral bekend als de ontdekker van secondelijm op basis van cyanoacrylaten .
Jul 20, 2023 · The sticky story of Super Glue's invention begins in the 1940s and 50s and stars Harry Coover and the Eastman Kodak company.
Mar 26, 2011 · Harry Wesley Coover, Jr. (1917 – 2011) was the inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue. It was only in 1951 that Coover, working for a division of Eastman Kodak, stumbled on the potential for the super-strong adhesive. One of his technicians panicked when he ruined some expensive new refractometer prisms by accidentally glueing ...
