出版社：International Organization for Standardization
摘要：In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus saw people on the island of Hispaniola playing with a strange bouncing ball made of a gum gathered from a tree. The material was later named “ rubber ” as it could be used to rub away pencil marks. Since the development of vulcanization in the United States by Charles Goodyear in the middle of the 19th century, rubber has steadily established its position as an important industrial material used in many vital products such as tires, hoses, shoes, gloves, and fluid-seals.
