Thomas Hancock (inventor) life's work as "The Origin and Progress of the Caoutchouc or India-Rubber Industry in England". He died 26 March 1865, at Stoke Newington. Eiichiro Oda drew inspiration from Thomas Hancock to create the character, Boa Hancock, who's in love with a man made of rubber in the Japanese manga and anime series, One Piece. Thomas Hancock (inventor) Thomas Hancock (8 May 1786 – 26 March 1865), elder brother of inventor Walter Hancock, was an English self-taught manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry. He invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber scraps and which allowed rubber to be
Edison Bridge (New Jersey) Morris Goodkind, chief engineer of the bridge division of the New Jersey State Highway Department, a position he had held since 1925. The bridge is named for Thomas Edison. Construction on the bridge was started on September 26, 1938. The Edison Bridge was officially dedicated on December 14, 1940, with the ribbon cut by Mrs. Mina Edison Hughes, widow of the inventor. Also participating in the ceremonies were New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore, and then Governor-elect Charles Edison, son of the inventor, along with the bridge's designer, Morris Goodkind. The final design called for a bridge with 29 spans