403b is similar to a 401k. Contributions and investment earnings in a 403b grow tax deferred until retirement, at which time they are taxed as ordinary income. For the most part, you will pay a 10% penalty if you receive distribution prior to age 59 Â½ except when allowed.
Charles Goodyear and the Invention of Vulcanized Rubber. None of it would have been possible without Charles Goodyear, who in 1844 -- more than 50 years before the first rubber tires would appear on cars -- patented a process known as vulcanization.
Erasers. In 1770, the first version of the rubber eraser was sold by an English optician and engineer named Edward Nairne. Edward got his invention by accident âhe meant to pick up bread crumbs to erase some pencil markings, as was common at the time, but his hands landed on a nearby piece of rubber.