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Rubber until recently was thought to have been invented in the 19th century, but now it is known that the inventors of rubber were the ancient mayan civilization, and that they used it to make their rubber balls used in the religious ceremony game of tlachlic. The ball was known toweigh around 15 pounds.
They knew how to mix the right amount of rubber sap with juice of morning glory vines to produce the rubber compound.
Rubber is a product of the rubber tree. Most rubber trees can be found in south America and India. Many things are made from rubber. In fact before plastic was invented most of the items we have today that are made of plastic were made of rubber. Today we use rubber in rubber stamping. The rubber stamp has been used since 1839 when it was invented by Charles Goodyear.
Another product made of rubber are the rubber pants that most fishermen use, as well as there rubber boots. Even the rubber ducky has been around for a couple of hundred years.
A recent invention has been the rubber flooring that has recently been used so that children do not hurt themselves while on playground equipment.
Another major use for rubber is the use of latex allergy gloves used in the medical field.
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