Posted on 03/27/2011 3:07:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Harry Wesley Coover Jr., known as the inventor of Super Glue, has died at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94.
Coover was working for Tennessee Eastman Company when an accident resulted in Super Glue, according to his grandson, Adam Paul of South Carolina.
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Stuck around for a while, didn’t he?
Is it my imagination or did superglue become less cohesive through the years? You know, for the sake of protecting idiots from themselves.
You could have gone all day without saying that! LOL!!
RC airplane model building has never been the same since. I can put my wrecks back together at the crash site to fly and crash again and again.
Eastman 910. Almost impossible to purchase at retail before it became “Super Glue.” It was great stuff.
That merits an LOL!
“Plans for an open-casket funeral were cancelled when the lid became stuck...”
I just used some, and even waiting 24 hours for the glue to cure I was able to pull the objects apart with very little effort.
President Barack Obama stands with Harry W. Coover who invented cyanoacrylate glue, commonly known as Super Glue, for Eastman Chemical Co., as he hosts a ceremony for recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
It’s mostly a waste of time for me anymore. Back in the day, it bonded solid, good as new, after a few minutes.
Well, what do you know? I agree with Obama on at least one thing. (Even if it is merely a ceremonial duty.)
Super Glue is probably the most disappointing innovation in modern history, IMHO.
It used to work great before they watered it down.
Not to be confused with vaseline LOL.
Wow never knew that! a lot of cool stuff was accidental,Lexan for one I talked to Dr Fox’s lab Intern ,true story,I think Teflon was accidental also valving was turned on wrong.
Have you tried the Gorilla Glue or Rhino Glue?
That guy cost me a few anxious moments in life.
I’ll give them a try. Thanks.
I used about four ounces to shore up a wooden gate post, since it was handier than running out to buy Quick-crete; it bubbled up, set, and works like a charm.
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