Home›Articles›The Machine He Called Pickling: How Thomas Hancock Won Britain's Rubber Patent RaceArticleThe Machine He Called Pickling: How Thomas Hancock Won Britain's Rubber Patent RaceArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnThomas Hancock, Engineers Well-attested SourcesThomas Hancock (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationMasticator and Vulcanisation sectionsQuote, Masticator and Vulcanisation sectionsHancock did not credit himself with discovering the reaction of sulphur with rubber; he instead said that in 1842 Brockendon had shown him some American rubber samples which had been treated with sulphur.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.