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i thought it ws the guy who invented the rubber trumpet went on to form the first elastic band.
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i'm not sure who invented it, but it was patented by this australian guy named stephen perry bobstein
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The rubber band was invented by Stephen Perry of London. Early folk native to Central and South America's rubber tree countries made footwear, garments and bottles out of the tree milk. Sailors carried same to England. Around 1820, a Londoner named Thomas Hancock sliced up one of the bottles to create garters and waistbands. Some years later, another Englishman Stephen Perry, owner of the rubber manufacturing company Messers Perry and Co. capitalized on Hancock's bright idea and took out a patent on the rubber band. The first rubber bands were made from vulcanized rubber. Source: http://www.todayinsci.com/3/3_17.htm
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