Home›Sources›Vulcanization (Wikipedia)SourcesVulcanization (Wikipedia)Web ReferenceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. "Vulcanization (Wikipedia)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-vulcanization.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Vulcanization (Wikipedia). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-vulcanizationCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-vulcanization-wikipedia, author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas}, title = {Vulcanization (Wikipedia)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-vulcanization}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Wikipedia article on vulcanization, consulted for Charles Goodyear's 1839 discovery and Thomas Hancock's competing 1843 British patent filing.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (17 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedWikipedia contributorsPublisherWell-attestedWikimedia FoundationURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VulcanizationReliability TierWell-attested2SourcesVulcanization (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (17 claims)This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Methods, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested13MethodsVulcanizationOpen QuestionsDoes priority for vulcanization belong to Charles Goodyear, who discovered the sulfur-and-heat process in 1839, or Thomas Hancock, who filed the first patent on it, in Britain, in 1843?SourcesVulcanization (Wikipedia)Scholarly debate1MethodsVulcanizationConnected1Open QuestionsDoes priority for vulcanization belong to Charles Goodyear, who discovered the sulfur-and-heat process in 1839, or Thomas Hancock, who filed the first patent on it, in Britain, in 1843?General References2MethodsVulcanizationOpen QuestionsDoes priority for vulcanization belong to Charles Goodyear, who discovered the sulfur-and-heat process in 1839, or Thomas Hancock, who filed the first patent on it, in Britain, in 1843?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year