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Mar 28, 2011 · Harry Wesley Coover, best-known as the creator of Super Glue, has died at the age of 94 at his home in Tennessee. Born in Newark, Delaware, Mr Coover came up with the idea of Super Glue when he ...
1942: Original discovery. Superglue (cyanoacrylate) was first discovered in 1942 by Dr. Harry Coover. Coover was a materials scientist working for the US military. Coover and his team were looking for a strong, clear plastic that could be used to fit the US military’s WW2 weapons with a sight. Upon discovering the cyanoacrylate solution, the ...
Harry W. Coover, Jr. '41 P'66. Chemist; Inventor of Super Glue. Harry W. Coover, Jr. '41 , P '66 was an inventor, an innovator, and an accidental glue guru. In 1944, while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights, Coover and his team at Eastman Kodak first worked with cyanoacrylates, rejecting them as too sticky.
Harry Wesley Coover Jr, who died on 26 March aged 94, was best known as the inventor of Super Glue. Coover was working for Tennessee Eastman Company, a division of Eastman Kodak, when an accident ...
Mar 28, 2011 · The creator of Super Glue, Harry Coover, has died in Tennessee, aged 94. Dr Coover, who died on Saturday, discovered the well-known adhesive by accident, while working for Eastman Kodak, his ...
PreS-Gr 3–This picture book biography spotlights Harry Coover, a white American chemist born in 1917 in Newark, DE, who invented superglue. Coover and his team did not intend to make superglue; they were trying to create a plastic during World War II. However, a mistake occurred during one of the experiments.
Later, he became known as the resident veterinary surgeon on the long-running series Burke's Backyard. In 1993, Cooper hosted his first series, Talk to the Animals. In 1997, he began presenting the veterinary series Harry's Practice, assisted by fellow vet Katrina Warren. Despite consistently high ratings, the program was cancelled in 2003.
