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Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
The picture is taken in front of the Eastman Research labs, Kingsport TN where this glue was discovered. The glue bond is between two polished steel plates, demonstrating that adhesion between two surfaces does not necessarily involve glue penetrating pores to make a mechanical joining of the two surfaces.
The adhesive was originally marketed as "Eastman 910".
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Hank Knight
That looks to be about 1958.
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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey
The Edsel is the giveaway 
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Larry Clinton At Frankfort, (Central) Indiana
Just wondering just how much the "glue" is adding to the adherence of the polished metal plates! When Wringing* gages to insure measurements on a surface plate are accurate the adhesion is such that the only way to separate the gages is to slide them apart. Pulling them from each other is impossible to do with your hands.
*Wringing gage blocks is explained at the following web site ~
http://starrett-webber.com/GB46.html
Sorry Mark...
Mike Farinella
That's a 1958 Mercury Montclair. (My dad had one)
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Keith Newton
Hummm, with Curb Weight (lbs): 4,136, they must have had a few more bodies in the trunk, or was there a trunk with the top down?
Back then, this car cost less than $1 per pound! Ha,,, Now there is a fun thought.
Re: Sorry Mark...
John McGaw
Then, as now, it is nearly impossible to tell at a quick glance one Ford, or GM, or Chrysler model from another unless it was an extreme outlier such as a Corvair or Corvette or Lincoln Continental. I've always figured that if more than 75% of the parts are interchangeable then they are essentially the same thing. I looked at the picture and my mind said Ford but I was more interested in the 'continental' spare tire.
Oh, and while I'm at it, NASCAR is a massive lie -- nothing 'stock' about anything there and there hasn't been for many decades. Why don't they at least change the name?
It's The Brand, Dude. The BRAND!
That's a Merc alright......
I Sit
Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey
Corrected
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Jerry Nicholson
Figure that as 4 gallons of gas per pound or 6 loaves of bread per pound.
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
Don Stephan
Kool! Thanks Larry.
Re: Historical use of cyanoacrylate glue
John K Jordan
>>>Just wondering just how much the "glue" is adding to the adherence of the polished metal plates! When Wringing* gages to insure measurements on a surface plate are accurate the adhesion is such that the only way to separate the gages is to slide them apart.
Is that the same principle that causes two gold blocks to bond under pressure?
From what very little I've read about metal to metal adhesion with extremely flat and polished surfaces I'm guessing that any CA between the surfaces would negate any adhesion due to the wringing, as would any distortion of a plate due to the amount of force in that lift. But perhaps a CA-metal surface is joined by the same or similar principle as the wringing with the advantage of the liquid filling in any microscopic irregularities in the metal. ??
But wild guesses like these beg for an experiment using new gage blocks, with and without CA glue.
Hey, lets use your gage blocks instead of mine. 
JKJ