Although Goodyear welted shoes are synonymous with English made footwear, the name and machinery used was in fact the invention of an American by the name of Charles Goodyear Jr, son of the great inventor Charles Goodyear, who invented vulcanised rubber.
What does AM and PM stand for? AMâalso spelled âamâ or âa.m.ââis the abbreviation for ante meridiem, a Latin phrase meaning âbefore noon.â PMâalso spelled âpmâ or âp.m.ââis the abbreviation for post meridiem, which simply means âafter noon.â Noon, of course, refers to the middle of the day.
Meridiem is the Latin for midday. Ante is the Latin for before. Post is the Latin for after.   a.m. is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase ante meridiem-and means befo â¦ re midday. p.m. is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase post meridiem-and means after midday.  Because we use a 12 hour clock we need to be able to distinguish which part of the day we mean when we say 8 o'clock.I don't want to hang around for 12 hours wiating for the 8:00 bus. 4 people found this useful.M is an abbreviation ante meridiem which means before noon in Latin. PM is an abbreviation for post meridiem which means after noon in Latin.