Thomas Hancock

Background

An English manufacturer and a founder of the British rubber industry.

Contribution

Patented vulcanized rubber in Britain in 1843 and invented the 'masticator' for reclaiming rubber.

Associated inventions

• Vulcanized Rubber

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Charles Goodyear

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• Science Museum Group Collection & topic articlesScience Museum Group (UK) · Museum

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