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C. Harold Smith was born in London, England in 1860 and lived for a while in New Zealand as a teenager until coming to the United States in 1878. He married Paula Smith and they had two children, Bertha B. Hillas and Sidney V. Smith. Harold Smith was known for being outgoing. He established business friendships all over the world while traveling, a pastime he enjoyed. He kept notes on his traveling, and used this in his later years in his writing. He wrote several fictional and philosophical books which aroused interest from the public, particularly his autobiography which gave a glimpse of his personal philosophy. He had an interest in philanthropy and organized discussions to pursue charitable actions. He was involved in civic organizations such as the Union League Club of New York, the Transportation Club, the Uptown Club, and the Hudson River Country Club. He died in 1931 at 71 years of age.

Career Details Smith first became interested in the carbon industry when he arrived in the United States of America in 1878. He spent the next several years acquiring knowledge of the industry and accumulating the capital to found his company. Smith was respected in the business community for his solid base of technical knowledge and was nicknamed “The Carbon King.” He founded Binney & Smith with Edwin Binney in the late 1800s.

"The damn problem was everything was sticking to everything else," he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2005. "We had a hard time using it in molds."

1951, Dr. Coover was testing a heat-resistant polymer for use in aircraft windshields when he remembered his encounter with cyanoacrylate.

droplet of the liquid

bonded the lenses of an expensive optical instrument

compound solidifies after coming into contact with trace amounts of moisture

extremely strong polymer layer between two surfaces.

1958 on an episode of the game show "I've Got a Secret,"

Eastman 910

aptly named because its fast-acting adhesive is effective by the count of 10

hoist Moore in the air as the host dangled from a set of glued pipes.

Eastman 910's remarkable strength and sticky quality led to a wide variety of applications.

used Super Glue to reduce scarring

1950s, it was used in the manufacturing of atomic weapons.

Dr. Coover was most proud of its application in the Vietnam War

Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was born March 6, 1917, in Newark, Del.

As a teenager, he was driving over a railroad crossing when his car was hit by a train, his family said. The accident sent Dr. Coover into a coma for several months. When he awoke, he had no memory of the crash or his life before he was 16

recovered and graduated in 1941 from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. He then attended Cornell University, where he received a master's degree in 1942 and a doctorate in 1944, both in chemistry.

Dr. Coover retired from Eastman Kodak as vice president in 1984

2010, President Obama awarded Dr. Coover the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Dr. Coover held more than 460 patents

1983 movie "The Man Who Loved Women," Burt Reynolds and a tube of Instant Krazy Glue become stuck to a white shag carpet and a miniature dog named Simba.