Edward Nairne first developed the the eraser and it was widely used. However, these rubbers used to go bad after a certain length of time. Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching a rubber to the end of a pencil.
in 1770 the eraser was made
eraser was not invented but discovered by an unknown person
Natural rubber was used as an eraser at least as early as 1770, but it was perishable and 'went bad' after a short time. Charles Goodyear developed the vulcanization process which made the kneaded eraser practical in 1839.
It's been more than 150 years since the eraserattached itself to the pencil. We can only assume that hymen-lipmanwas a man who made his fair share of mistakes, but they may have inspired him to stick the eraser on the end of the pencil, making it more convenient to erase the written errors. He got a patent for the development on this date in 1858. Lipman's early version was a pencil with a groove at the top, into which he glued an eraser. He sold his patent in 1862; the US Supreme Court later invalidated it, saying that since combining a pencil with an eraser did not change the function of either item, the pencil-with-eraser could not be patented.
Edward Nairne, in 1770, invented the first rubber eraser.
Edward Nairne was born in 1726.
Nairne invented the rubber eraser after the discovery of rubber in 1770. He sold them in England, at a high price. Each half inch cube was three shillings. This is how the eraser, or rubber, got its name, that it rubs out pencil marks. It is interesting to note that Edward Nairne and Edward Naime are the same people. His last name has not been determined, since he lived so long ago, the written name cannot be determined as an "M" or "RN."
Edward Nower died on 2006-09-19.
Charles Edward Nairne died on 1899-02-19.
Edward Nairne first developed the the eraser and it was widely used. However, these rubbers used to go bad after a certain length of time. Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching a rubber to the end of a pencil.
In 1770, Edward Nairne, an English engineer, is credited with developing the first widely-marketed rubber eraser for an inventions competition. Until that time the material was known as gum elastic or by its native American name (via French) caoutchouc.
Charles Edward Nairne was born on 1836-06-30.
Edward Nairne b. Sandwich, England, 1726; d. London, 1 September 1806, was an optician and scientific instrument maker.
to erase stuff
Carolina Nairne has written: 'Songs of Lady Nairne'
Sandy Nairne's birth name is Alexander Robert Nairne.