Harry Coover was the accidental inventor of the household staple Super Glue.
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discovered the adhesive twice,
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born in 1917, in Newark, Delaware.
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studied chemistry at Hobart College and later completed a master's and a PhD in the same subject at Cornell University.
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working as a young chemist for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York, during the Second World War when he first came across Super Glue.
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very difficult to test as it stuck to everything it touched. After a few abortive attempts to put the compound into moulds, Coover eventually gave up on it.
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1951 he was working at Eastman Kodak's laboratory in Tennessee, as part of a team testing compounds to find a heat-resistant polymer for use in aircraft cockpits.
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destroyed an expensive piece of optical equipment by accidentally bonding its lenses with a drop of cyanoacrylate,
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He glued together two metal parts and held on to the lower while it was lifted into the air. When he was lowered down, the presenter Barry Moore suggested they both try together.
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marketing the adhesive as Eastman 910 in 1958
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"It suddenly struck me that what we had was not a casting material but a super glue,"
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Eastman 910 was soon being used in a variety of ways, but it quickly became known for its medical applications.
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glue only really became a commercial success after the patents had expired and several other companies began developing their own versions.
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especially its medical applications in the Vietnam War, when many medics carried a spray version of the glue to close wounds quickly. "There are lots of soldiers who would have bled to death," he said.
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Coover worked for Eastman Kodak until he retired as vice president of the chemicals division for development in 1984. He held more than 460 patents.
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Harry Coover Jr, inventor of Super Glue, was born on March 6, 1917. He died on March 26, 2011, aged 94
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr., 94, inventor of Super Glue. Coover was working for Tennessee Eastman, a division of Eastman Kodak, when an accident helped lead to the popular adhesive being discovered. An assistant was distressed that some prisms were ruined when they were glued together by the substance. In 1951, Coover and another researcher recognized the potential for the strong adhesive, and it was first sold in 1958. Cause not given, March 26.
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cyanoacrylate -- Britannica School - 0 views
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Alternate titles: methyl cyanoacrylate
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Cyanoacrylate adhesives were first patented in 1949
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Harry Coover, 94, who as a young chemist in the 1940s and '50s discovered a powerful adhesive compound known today as Super Glue and Instant Krazy Glue, died March 26 at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He had congestive heart failure.
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1942, as a chemist with Eastman Kodak
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developing a plastic rifle sight for use in World War II
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"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."
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1951, Dr. Coover was testing a heat-resistant polymer for use in aircraft windshields when he remembered his encounter with cyanoacrylate.
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droplet of the liquid
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bonded the lenses of an expensive optical instrument
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compound solidifies after coming into contact with trace amounts of moisture
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extremely strong polymer layer between two surfaces.
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1958 on an episode of the game show "I've Got a Secret,"
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Eastman 910
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aptly named because its fast-acting adhesive is effective by the count of 10
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hoist Moore in the air as the host dangled from a set of glued pipes.
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Eastman 910's remarkable strength and sticky quality led to a wide variety of applications.
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used Super Glue to reduce scarring
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1950s, it was used in the manufacturing of atomic weapons.
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Dr. Coover was most proud of its application in the Vietnam War
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was born March 6, 1917, in Newark, Del.
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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
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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.
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Dr. Coover retired from Eastman Kodak as vice president in 1984
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2010, President Obama awarded Dr. Coover the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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Dr. Coover held more than 460 patents
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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.
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr., known as the inventor of Super Glue, died Saturday at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94
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1951, Mr. Coover and another researcher recognized the potential for the strong adhesive, and it was first sold in 1958,
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the chemical name for the glue, was first uncovered in 1942 in a search for materials to make clear-plastic gun sights for World War II.
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President Obama honored Mr. Coover in 2010 with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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Mr. Coover led a team of chemists that became prolific patent holders, achieving more than 460.
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organophosphate chemistry, the gasification of coal and of course, cyanoacrylate.
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Good little article with some pretty good information about Harry Coover and some about the invention of superglue
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Dr. Harry Coover, inventor of Super Glue.
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introduced in 1973, Super Glue was first discovered in 1942 by Coover
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trying to make materials for plastic gun sights for soldiers
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1951, while working for Eastman Kodak, Coover and another scientist, Fred Joyner rediscovered the material, which they called Eastman 910 and saw its commercial benefit.
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Although Coover never actually financially capitalized on Super Glue
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worked for the Eastman Kodak company until he retired
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he held more than 460 patents
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2004 he was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame and was honored by President Obama for his discovery last November with a National Medal of Science.
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discovered by accident, the result of the thoroughness of Harry Coover, who has died aged 94.
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Coover was experimenting with clear plastics to create unbreakable precision gunsights
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1951, at Eastman's chemical division in Kingsport, Tennessee,
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Fred Joyner, found that the lenses of a refractometer had been glued together
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appeared on the market in 1958,
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American medics would spray superglue over open wounds to seal them until the soldiers could be transported to hospitals.
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Coover was born in Newark, Delaware.
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chemistry from Hobart College, and gained a master's and PhD from Cornell University, all in upstate New York, then went to work in 1944 for Eastman Kodak
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1963, Eastman Kodak provided American Sealants with the formula for the adhesive,
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Eastman 910.
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he filed some 460 other patents, many of them hugely successful.
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served on the board of the chemical company Reilly Industries
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retired in 2004
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inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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2010 Coover received the national medal of technology and innovation from President Barack Obama.
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Coover's wife, Muriel, died in 2005. He is survived by a daughter, Melinda, and two sons, Harry and Stephen. Melinda told the New York Times: "I think he got a kick out of being Mr Super Glue. Who doesn't love Super Glue?"
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Harry Wesley Coover, research chemist, born 6 March 1917; died 26 March 2011
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conducting research with chemicals known as cyanoacrylates in an effor
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extremely sticky
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t to find a way to make a clear plastic that could be used for precision gunsights for soldiers.
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discovered
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World War II
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Moisture causes the chemicals to polymerize
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bonding
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would occur in
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virtually every testing instance
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Kodak’s chemical plant
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transferred
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1951,
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re-discovered
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new potential
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Eastman 910
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began marketing it in 1958.
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Vietnam War
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apparent that cyanoacrylates could be used to treat war wounds
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stopped bleeding
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saved many lives during the war and lead to the eventual approval by the FDA
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rejoining veins
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arteries during surgery,
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punctures or lesions
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sealing bleeding ulcers
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stopping uncontrollable bleeding of some soft organs,
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dental surgery.
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awarded more than 460 patents
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wrote at least 60 papers
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Industrial Research Institute Medal Achievement Award,
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ACS Earl B. Barnes Award,
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Maurice Holland Award
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AIC Chemical Pioneers Award
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National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr., the man who invented Super Glue, died on Saturday night at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94.
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when he was experimenting with acrylates for use in clear plastic gun-sights during World War II
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In 1951, a researcher named Fred Joyner, who was working with Dr. Coover at Eastman Kodak’s laboratory in Tennessee, was testing hundreds of compounds looking for a temperature-resistant coating for jet cockpits
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Seven years later, the first incarnation of Super Glue, called Eastman 910, hit the market.
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Dr. Coover was born in Newark, Del., on March 6, 1917.
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chemistry at Hobart College and then received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University. He worked at the Eastman Kodak Company until he retired and then worked as a consultant. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Last year, President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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Super Glue did not make Dr. Coover rich
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died at the age of 94
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died at the age of
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discovery in 1942
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until 1951
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he saw the adhesive's value
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National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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Dr Coover held 460 patents by the end of his life, but Super Glue did not make him rich
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born in Newark, Delaware
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degree in chemistry from Hobart College in New York before getting a master's and PhD from Cornell University
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found that when they spread it over two, very costly, lenses, it was impossible to pull them apart.
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Saturday at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee, from congestive heart failure.
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Harry Wesley Coover, Jr
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inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue.
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born in Newark, Delaware
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received
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Bachelor of Science from Hobart College before earning his Master of Science and Ph. D. from Cornell University.
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Eastman Kodak from 1944–1973
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Vice President of the company from 1973-1984.
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1942, while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights, Coover and his team at Eastman Kodak first worked with cyanoacrylates, rejecting them as too sticky.
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Nine years later,
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1958, the adhesive, marketed by Kodak as Super Glue, was introduced for sale.
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overseeing Kodak chemists investigating heat-resistant polymers for jet canopies when cyanoacrylates were once again tested and proved too sticky.
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cyanoacrylate is an acrylic resin which rapidly polymerises in the presence of water (specifically hydroxide ions), forming long, strong chains, joining the bonded surfaces together.
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Cyanoacrylate is used as a forensic tool to capture latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces like glass, plastic, etc.
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Chemical structure of methyl cyanoacrylate, the basis of Superglue
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Coover was also the first to recognize and patent cyanoacrylates as a tissue adhesive.
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Vietnam War to temporarily patch the internal organs of injured soldiers until conventional surgery could be performed,
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460 patents, and Super Glue was just one of his many discoveries
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Implemented at Kodak, programmed innovation resulted in the introduction of 320 new products and sales growth from $1.8 billion to $2.5 billion.
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Coover received the Southern Chemist Man of the Year Award for his outstanding accomplishments in individual innovation and creativity.
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2004,
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inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
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He also held the
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He also held the
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National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership
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Chemical Research Management,
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Maurice Holland Award
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medalist for the Industrial Research Institute
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natural causes
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Kingsport, Tennessee
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A lot of good information over Harry Coover, the invention, and the science behind it.
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died on Saturday night at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94.
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cause was congestive heart failure,
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accident
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experimenting with acrylates for use in clear plastic gun-sights during World War II.
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In 1951, a researcher named Fred Joyner,
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testing hundreds of compounds looking for a temperature-resistant coating for jet cockpits
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910th compound on the list between two lenses on a refractometer to take a reading on the velocity of light through it,
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could not separate the lenses.
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Seven years later, the first incarnation of Super Glue, called Eastman 910, hit the market.
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Dr. Coover’s secret was that he had invented Super Glue,
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Dr. Coover was born in Newark, Del., on March 6, 1917.
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He studied chemistry at Hobart College and then received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University.
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Eastman Kodak Company until he retired and then worked as a consultant. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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Dr. Coover held 460 patents by the end of his life. Nonetheless, Dr. Paul said, he didn’t mind being known by his “most outstanding” invention.
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One of his proudest accomplishments, Dr. Paul added, was that his invention was used to treat injured soldiers during the Vietnam War.
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Super Glue did not make Dr. Coover rich.
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Harry W. Coover, and he has just passed away at the ripe old age of 94.
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invented in 1942 as a side effect of another project to create transparent plastic gun sights.
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sold as a super glue called Eastman 910.
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it was also used to quickly seal wounds on the battlefield, and for allowing new coral to grow underwater due to its ability to resist water
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When Coover retired from Eastman Kodak he had 460 patents to his name.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004,
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National Medal of Technology and Innovation given to him by President Obama.
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AKA Harry Wesley Coover, Jr.Born: 6-Mar-1919Birthplace: Newark, DEDied: 19-Mar-2011Location of death: Kingsport, TNCause of death: Heart Failure
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Executive summary: Invented Super Glue
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American chemist Harry Coover discovered the adhesive properties of certain cyanoacrylates in 1951, leading to development of a quick-drying and strong-bonding paste now known as Super Glue
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improved eye shield for precision gunsights,
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Kodak began marketing Coover's accident as an all-purpose adhesive in 1958
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now used for sealing dental repairs, lesions, and bleeding ulcers, and for suture-free surgery.
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Coover developed a cyanoacrylate spray based on the same compound,
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sprayed onto soldiers' serious wounds to quickly halt bleeding,
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brand name Eastman 910
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