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Harry Wesley Coover Jr. dies at 94 , Harry Wesley Coover, Jr., the inventor of Super Glue, died on Saturday, at the age of 94. Dr. Coover passed away at his home in Kingsport, TN. Coover was born in Newark, DE, on March 6, 1917. He studied chemistry at Hobart College, then receiving a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University.
Super Glue was accidentally discovered by Coover while he was working with acrylates, to use in clear-plastic gun sights during the World War II. However, he abandoned the experiments when the substances stuck to everything they touched. Another researcher at Kodak, Fred Joyner, spread the sticky substance between two lenses on a refractometer to take a reading of the velocity of light through it, and ruined the equipment when he could not separate the lenses. Coover's daughter, Dr. Melinda Coover Paul, indicated that Joyner’s initial reaction was to panic, as he had ruined an expensive piece of lab equipment with "compound No. 910," as it was referred to in the lab. Her father, however, saw the super-sticky substance as an opportunity and, seven years later, in 1958, “Eastman 910,” formally known as cynoacrylates, was on the market.
Coover appeared on the show “I’ve Got a Secret,” hosted by Garry Moore. He was asked to demonstrate what his product could do. So, a metal bar was lowered to the stage and, with just a drop of the product, Coover glued two parts of the metal bar together. He then held on to the glued metal and was raised in the air, to demonstrate that the glue was strong enough to hold not only the metal, but his own weight. Host Garry Moore joined Coover on the glued metal, in an amazing demonstration of the glue’s strength on live television. Later, the glue would be used to treat injured soldiers in the Vietnam War, where medics carried spray bottles of Super Glue to stop bleeding.
Coover worked for Eastman Kodak until he retired, and then continued working as a consultant.
Coover was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2010. He held 460 patents, of which Super Glue was the best known, but his family says that the product did not bring him the wealth the public might expect, as it did not become a commercial success until after the patents had expired.
Cooper passed away from congestive heart failure. He is survived by his daughter; two sons, Harry III and Stephen; and four grandchildren. His wife of more than 60 years, Muriel Zumbach Coover, passed away in 2005
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Harry Wesley Coover Jr. dies at 94 , Harry Wesley Coover, Jr., the inventor of Super Glue, died on Saturday, at the age of 94. Dr. Coover passed away at his home in Kingsport, TN. Coover was born in Newark, DE, on March 6, 1917. He studied chemistry at Hobart College, then receiving a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University.
Super Glue was accidentally discovered by Coover while he was working with acrylates, to use in clear-plastic gun sights during the World War II. However, he abandoned the experiments when the substances stuck to everything they touched. Another researcher at Kodak, Fred Joyner, spread the sticky substance between two lenses on a refractometer to take a reading of the velocity of light through it, and ruined the equipment when he could not separate the lenses. Coover's daughter, Dr. Melinda Coover Paul, indicated that Joyner’s initial reaction was to panic, as he had ruined an expensive piece of lab equipment with "compound No. 910," as it was referred to in the lab. Her father, however, saw the super-sticky substance as an opportunity and, seven years later, in 1958, “Eastman 910,” formally known as cynoacrylates, was on the market.
Coover appeared on the show “I’ve Got a Secret,” hosted by Garry Moore. He was asked to demonstrate what his product could do. So, a metal bar was lowered to the stage and, with just a drop of the product, Coover glued two parts of the metal bar together. He then held on to the glued metal and was raised in the air, to demonstrate that the glue was strong enough to hold not only the metal, but his own weight. Host Garry Moore joined Coover on the glued metal, in an amazing demonstration of the glue’s strength on live television. Later, the glue would be used to treat injured soldiers in the Vietnam War, where medics carried spray bottles of Super Glue to stop bleeding.
Coover worked for Eastman Kodak until he retired, and then continued working as a consultant.
Coover was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2010. He held 460 patents, of which Super Glue was the best known, but his family says that the product did not bring him the wealth the public might expect, as it did not become a commercial success until after the patents had expired.
Cooper passed away from congestive heart failure. He is survived by his daughter; two sons, Harry III and Stephen; and four grandchildren. His wife of more than 60 years, Muriel Zumbach Coover, passed away in 2005
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