2. 1820- 1st rubber factory by Thomas
Hancock
1823-impermeable coats by Charles
Macintosh
1832-the Roxbury India Rubber Factory
Charles Goodyear
◦ 1839-vulcanisation
◦ 1843-patent filing
◦ June 1844-patent date
Hevea brasiliensis treeCollection of rubber latexTapping of trees