Vulcanite Dentures

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2012

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Before the 1850s, dentures were made out of very hard, very painful and very expensive material, like gold or ivory. They were a luxury item. The invention of Vulcanite hard rubber changed everything. It was moldable,

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0:00.0	We get support from UC Davis, a globally ranked university working to solve the world's most pressing problems in food, energy, health, education, and the environment.
0:10.0	UC Davis researchers collaborate and innovate in California and around the globe to find
0:14.2	transformational solutions.
0:16.1	It's all part of the university's mission to promote quality of life for all living things.
0:20.1	Find out more at 21st century.
0:21.9	UC Davis. edudavis dot edu
0:29.0	this is 99% invisible I'm Roman Mars
0:36.6	You probably all heard that this American Life episode called when patents attack about innovation style fleeing tech industry patents and
0:41.2	patent trolls.
0:43.1	Oh, it's so good.
0:44.5	So good.
0:45.3	If you haven't heard it, you should just go listen to it right now.
0:48.0	Oh, wait. Let's see what's on the internet.
0:59.0	All right, now you don't really have to have heard the TAL show, but it gives an interesting backdrop to what you're
1:05.4	about to hear. Because as horrible and egregious as patent enforcement and lawsuits are today,
1:11.6	they rarely result in murder.
1:15.0	But things were different in 1879.
1:20.0	That's when a hounded and pursued patent violator struck back and made it possible for average working people
1:26.8	to afford quality dentures.
1:29.1	It's a very historically significant murder.
1:31.4	I mean, anyone who ever gets danchers I mean is
1:34.4	indirectly affected by this crime. That's John Marr. My name is John Marr
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