The inventor of Super Glue has died

Killer Pigeon

Harry Wesley Coover, best-known as the creator of Super Glue, has died at the age of 94 at his home in Tennessee.




Mr Coover at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee


Born in Newark, Delaware, Mr Coover came up with the idea of Super Glue when he was working as a chemist for Eastman Kodak, when an accident led to the discovery.
According to his grandson Adam Paul, an assistant at the company was annoyed that some brand new refractometer prisms were ruined when they were glued together by the substance - more formally known as cyanoacrylates.
In 1951, Mr Coover and another researcher, Fred Joyner, recognised its true potential, and it was first sold as a commercial product in 1958.
Although the glue was first uncovered in 1942, in a search for materials to make clear plastic gun sights for World War Two, it was rejected by researchers because the compound was too sticky, according to the Super Glue Corporation's website.
Barack Obama honoured Mr Coover in 2010 with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.



Mr Obama honoured Mr Coover for his work


After receiving a degree in chemistry from Hobart College in New York, Mr Coover went on to complete a master's degree and PhD at Cornell University in New York.
He worked his way up to the position of vice president in the chemical division for development for Eastman Kodak.
Mr Coover and the team of chemists he worked with became prolific patent holders, achieving more than 460.
The work included polymers, organophosphate chemistry, the gasification of coal and the now-famous Super Glue - cyanoacrylate.
Mr Coover also had a part in early television history, appearing with Garry Moore in I've Got A Secret, they were hung in the air on bars that were stuck to metal supports with a single drop of his glue during a live television broadcast.

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cherryghost

Poor man was in a sticky situtation.



But seriously, one of the most commonly used and handy things invented in the last 100 years. Thanks and RIP

Biggins

He didn't stick around then!

Duggy747

The man always stuck to his guns.

sensibleken

a man who always adhered to his principles

Big Nasty

Sniff, sniff!:(

faceman

Apparently himself and the missus were inseparable

Sykk

I think all the possible puns have been used by now. I shall take my leave.

Killer Pigeon

I once mistook super glue with lub ...

suicide_circus

A gluemy time for his family

DundalkDuffman

I shall adhere to the usual thread puns and ask that this thread is stickied.

Kimono-Girl

ill miss him.

kfallon

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I once mistook super glue with lub ...

Lubo Moravcik

Lone Stone

what a glueoomy day for mankind

ejmaztec

It doesn't say how he died. Did someone stick one on him?

CrazyRabbit

Apparantly he died from starvation. Seems there was a little accident with some super-glue and an old bicycle frame which left him without the use of his hands.

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Mar/Week4/15961485.jpg

Agricola

Devoted family man, he had a close bond with his late wife

gleep

Never mind, I heard he was a f**kin pritt anyway

Jesus Wept

Off to the glue factory.

Standard Toaster

I'd like to think we had a permanent bond....I just hope he didn't meet a stucky end. Plans for his funeral have not yet been cemented although I heard they had trouble building a coffin for him but they nailed it in the end.



*Boom-tish*


I'll be here the whole week. Don't forget to tip your waitress. Oh and try the veal.

Killer Pigeon

Standard Toaster wrote: »

I'd like to think we had a permanent bond....I just hope he didn't meet a stucky end. Plans for his funeral have not yet been cemented although I heard they had trouble building a coffin for him but they nailed it in the end.



*Boom-tish*


I'll be here the whole week. Don't forget to tip your waitress. Oh and try the veal.

God forbid they use nails on the coffin.

CreepingDeath

He left little or no money behind, he was insolvent.

Cupcake_Crisis

TOO. MUCH. PUN!!

Sonics2k

More PUNS!!

_feedback_

Sonics2k wrote: »

More PUNS!!

Stick up some of yer own

Colilfc

surely there is a pun about resting in pieces?

--Kaiser--

In the end he just couldn't hold it together

Iron Hide

Looks like he finally came unstuck, ironically.....

Vicxas

Well at least he stuck in there for long enough!

Guill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYO2GffqnmI


He inspired so many of todays youth, I was very attached to him....

ejmaztec

They don't want an elaborate funeral, they're just going to stick him in the ground.

pickarooney

I heard he drowned in a vat of the long awaited prototype to Super Glu 4. This would have made him rich again after flirting with bankruptcy. He died insolvent.

fakearms123

I never knew the man but I felt as though me and him had a bond!

Plazaman

He inspired my only poem about my first disco....

I looked at her for ages, but all I could do was stare
Cause the superglue leaked in my pocket, and stuck my arsé to the chair

CreepingDeath

pickarooney wrote: »

I heard he drowned in a vat of the long awaited prototype to Super Glu 4. This would have made him rich again after flirting with bankruptcy. He died insolvent.

Done in post #22.. typical "creative writer", plagiarising others !

ejmaztec

Parting is such sweet sorrow, but generally only happens when you don't follow the instructions.:(

ejmaztec

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Done in post #22.. typical "creative writer", plagiarising others !

Yeh, stick it the man!

Iwannahurl

Following on from an earlier observation, is there any truth in the rumour that his wife had the coffin nailed shut?

Hank_Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwXsfmzwys

admiralofthefleet

looks like i picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue

DepecheHead101

A bag for me, a bag for you ...

AskMyChocolate

Not surprised. I thought he was looking a little pastey.

Standman

pickarooney wrote: »

I heard he drowned in a vat of the long awaited prototype to Super Glu 4. This would have made him rich again after flirting with bankruptcy. He died insolvent.

Super Glu 4, cures cancer in seconds!

Latchy

He was the glue holding this thread together ..........he still is