Inventor of CA

[Richard Gibson]

Since many on the forum use a CA finish, just a bit of news. Dr. Harry Coover who is credited with inventing CA (a.k.a. Super Glue) in 1942, died this past Saturday in Kinsport TN.

 

[bitshird]

That's a cool bit of trivia, nice to know the fellow was a VOL....

 

[lucywoodturner]

And....?

 

[Dudley Young]

He's gone, but we'll be stuck with him forever. RIP

 

[bobjackson]

Hope he had a nice finish.

 

[Crickett]

RIP

I hope someone wrote down the formula otherwise we're in trouble.

 

[David M]

RIP . Nice bit of trivia , and Kingsport is a little over and hour away from here.

 

[Tage]

A couple of interesting articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Coover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate