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.
AM is an abbreviation of the Latin words ante meridiem  meaning before noon. It is used to designate the time from midnight  to noon.    It is also used in radio commâ¦unication to mean Amplitude  Modulation   A.M. is an acronym for the Latin term, Anti Meridian, (Before  Noon).