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Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, dies at 94
Associated Press ^
| March 27, 2011
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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cyanoacrylate; harrywcoover; invention; obit; obituary; rip; science; superglue
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I haven’t seen the news on the tube yet, but it seems to be pasted all over the Internet.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Are they sure he's dead?
He might have accidentally glued his eyelids shut.
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:09:01 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Since Obama Bin Lyin, the Economy Bin Dyin...)
To: Free ThinkerNY
In the TIME/LIFE encyclopedia of science from the sixties there was an article dedicated to the newly discovered cyanoacrylate cement and its miraculous properties. It showed two machined steel cylinders glued end-to-end holding up a massive weight. In spite of the “disappointing” remark above, the stuff works well within its application parameters of non-gap filling, and joining precisely matched parts. Also, it cures by catalysis with atmospheric moisture, and mixed with baking soda yields a very versatile, sandable, gap-filling cement, albeit with a very short "working" time.
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:13:39 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Free ThinkerNY
He was survived by his next-of-kin, Elmer....
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:14:04 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Adhering to the truth...)
To: Hoosier-Daddy
Stuck around for a while, didn’t he? He did have staying power...
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:14:08 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
To: LukeL
Have you tried the Gorilla Glue or Rhino Glue?Rhino Glue? Does it promise adherence and then fail to stick after you've purchased it?
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:14:27 PM PDT
by
Bronzewound
(When radicals begin to follow rules, don't they become conformists?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’m a disaster with that stuff. The tubes were always a pain to use without making a mess and sticking my fingers together.
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:15:06 PM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
(1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
He was attached to his family.
To: Free ThinkerNY
I used superglue to seal up a sliced finger a while back.
To: LukeL
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.Were the objects sponges? :^ )
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:17:16 PM PDT
by
Bronzewound
(When radicals begin to follow rules, don't they become conformists?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Apropos, here's the link to the
Bond thread.
To: Hoosier-Daddy
His ashes will be sealed in a hard hat and glued to an I-beam.
To: Revolting cat!
I heard he was very stuck up!
To: Bronzewound
“Does it promise adherence and then fail to stick after you’ve purchased it? ...”
No that would be “RINOGLUE”...
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:31:19 PM PDT
by
mo
("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
To: mo
No that would be “RINOGLUE”...I thought the "h" stood for "half-wit."
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:36:37 PM PDT
by
Bronzewound
(When radicals begin to follow rules, don't they become conformists?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Please fasten your reflexes. A man is dead, cold like a slab of cement. Shouldn't we adhere to the rules of civilized behaviour?
To: Free ThinkerNY
Coover was working for Tennessee Eastman Company when an accident resulted in Super Glue, according to his grandson, Adam Paul of South Carolina.the old "accident led to billion dollar invention" story is getting old.
whatever else this nearly usless, overhyped crap did, it kept cheesy late-night TV pitchmen busy.
Fitting, then, that Obama would honor him.
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I heard he was arrested when he walked into a bank and said, “This is a stick-up”
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:49:00 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/27/2011 4:49:26 PM PDT
by
LRoggy
(Peter's Son's Business)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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