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Our products. Things You Can Learn from the Invention of the Rubber Eraser Sometimes an invention pops up in your mind by accident and before you know it the world is using your invention every day. Sometimes this kind of an accident leads up to you entering an inventions contest and starting to sell your product. And sometimes a product like this can become such a success, people will talk about it even a quarter of a century after you thought of it.
By accident, remember? A simple mistake Every toddler comes to a point when they are not satisfied with their drawing and they want to correct a part of it. When an inventions contest brings you world fame Just as rubber eraser, inventions contests existed centuries ago.
An eraser for anyone The development went on as different people tried to make the most of the eraser. Your takeaway: Think of every accident as a chance to invent something new.
Show your invention to other, it might just be the next best thing. Get help with what you can't do on your own. Submit your idea to Invented4. And Nairne claimed to have come upon his invention accidentally: He inadvertently picked up a piece of rubber instead of breadcrumbs, he said, thereby realizing rubber's erasing properties. It was Priestley who is generally credited for naming rubber. The erasing "substance" he described in —initially referred to as "India gum"—required, he remarked, rubbing action on the part of the user.
Thus, yep, a "rubber. In Britain, erasers themselves are still often called "rubbers. Erasers don't just work manually; they work chemically. Pencils work because, when they are put to paper, their graphite mingles with the fiber particles that comprise the paper. And erasers work, in turn, because the polymers that make them up are stickier than the particles of paper—so graphite particles end up getting stuck to the eraser instead.
They're almost like sticky magnets. Pencils with built-in erasers on the tops are a largely American phenomenon. Most pencils sold in Europe are eraser-less. Read into that cultural difference what you will. Many erasers contain volcanic ash. Those ubiquitous pink erasers, in particular—the pencil-toppers and Pink Pearls of the world— make use of pulverized pumice to add abrasiveness. And pumice is, of course, volcanic ash. Please enter valid email address to continue.
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