Inhloso

Engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu le-19, irabha yayiyinto enzima ukuyisebenzisa. Lalithamba kakhulu lapho kushisa futhi lizamazama ngamandla lapho kubanda...

Charles Goodyear, owakha izicathulo zenjoloba ngokuyinhloko, ihlolwe iminyaka ukuze ikwazi ukucubungula izinto kangcono.

Indlela yokwenza

Wangena ezikweletini wagcina eboshiwe ngenxa yalokho. Nalapho wacela ucezu lwerabha kumkakhe, letha iphinikhodi namakhemikhali. Waqhubeka nokuzama ngisho nangemva kokuboshwa. UGoodyear wehlulekile ukuthuthukisa okokusebenza.

Kwaze kwaba ngolunye usuku 1838, vula 8 iminyaka yokuhlola, isulfure exutshwe nenjoloba futhi ngephutha yehla kancane esitofini esishisayo.

Umphumela

Kwase kwenzeka; impahla yaqina kodwa yahlala iguquguquka. Lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi i-vulcanization kwadala insangu enkulu, umkhiqizo ozinzile futhi osebenzayo.

Kodwa-ke, inqubo yakhe ye-vulcanization yathathwa umsunguli waseBrithani uThomas Hancock lapho ethola amasampula alethwe eNgilandi nguGoodyear.. U-Hancock ukhonze ngokuphana 8 izicelo zelungelo lobunikazi amasonto ngaphambi kuka-Goodyear. Lesi sicelo kamuva saphikiswa nguGoodyear.

Izifundo

15 Juni 1844 UCharles Goodyear usathola ilungelo lobunikazi ngokusungulwa kwakhe. Wafa engenamali. Kodwa izinkokhelo kamuva zenza umndeni wakhe waceba.

Ngekhulu le-19, ukunika ilungelo lobunikazi into esunguliwe ngaphambi kokuba iputshuke futhi abanye bayithathe kwakuwumsebenzi omkhulu.. Esikhathini samanje senethiwekhi ebonakalayo, lokhu sekunzima kakhulu. Okusunguliwe okusha okuvuza kusenesikhathi kwabelwa abashisekeli ngesivinini sombani, ikopishiwe futhi isetshenziselwe ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo.

Ngokuqhubekayo:
Ngemva kokushona kwakhe, kwasungulwa imboni yamasondo eGoodyear, okungabonakala njengokumhlonipha umuntu wakhe.

Namuhla, iGoodyear ingamathayi amakhulu- kanye nomkhiqizi wenjoloba emhlabeni. Inkampani yaseMelika ikhiqiza amathayi ezimoto, izindiza kanye nemishini esindayo. Baphinde bakhiqize irabha yamapayipi omlilo, izicathulo nezingxenye zamaphrinta kagesi.

“UCopernicos wenza umhlaba wajikeleza. UGoodyear ukwenze kwashayeka.”

Imithombo: inoveli kaJoe Speedboat (2005) kusuka ku-Tommy Wieringa, Izikhathi Ezinhle, USurendra Verma.

Umbhali: UMuriel de Bont

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