How was elasticity discovered?
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It was quite a shock
ben franklin got struck by lightening whilst kite flying
edit read this wrong thort it said electricity... my bad ill leave the answer here as comedy value but its wrong
It just sprang to mind
Hi Lania N
Here is the answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electricity...
I don,t know but I got an elasticated shock off my pants once.
As natural elasticity was found in rubber, here's a brief history of early rubber.
Rubber from a variety of sources was known to the Aztecs in Mexico, Incas in Peru, and to many tribes in the Amazon Basin.
Rubber was then discovered by Columbus and was taken back to the Iberian Peninsula where the resilient properties of rubber balls were the cause of great amazement.
It should be noted that neither the rubber known to the Aztecs, nor that found by Columbus, was based on the Hevea rubber tree, but probably came from another species, such as Castilloa.
New World Indians had learned to extract rubber from at least eight tropical species which yield latex.
In 1830 a plantation of Castilloa was established in Cuba with seeds obtained from Guatemala.
Are you pulling my leg?
Hmmmmm oh it was way back in 1648. King Knickerbocker was entering his palace one day when his pants fell down.
someone didn't know what to do with a rubber band?
i don't know but it must have been a bit of a stretch
By dividing stress by strain and arriving at Youngs Modulus.
I think the early people meddled a lot with electric fishes and frogs. However, you can check out the answer at Encarta.com
Ha ha you wrote that question in such a crafty way so that people saw the word Electricity and not Elasticity.clever girl.
All I can say to answer youR question is that I'm just glad that someone did find this commodity as I would hate to have my knickers keep falling down round my ankles all day long.
Hooke
A group of men just bounced ideas off each other and hey The Elastic Band was formed.
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