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Thomas Hancock

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English manufacturing engineer in the rubber industry (1786-1865)

ScientistsLived 1786 to 1865 · aged 78
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Thomas Hancock, 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 recycled after being formed into blocks or sheets.

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Blue plaque at no.4 High Street, Marlborough for Thomas and younger brother WalterBlue plaque at no.4 High Street, Marlborough for Thomas and younger brother Walter

Scientists born in the 1780s 6

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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1786 to 1865 · aged 78
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