Thomas Hancock Books

Thomas Hancock was an English industrialist who founded the British rubber industry. His interest in rubber stemmed from a desire to create waterproof fabrics to protect passengers on his coaches. Hancock invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber scraps, enabling rubber to be recycled. His machines produced a homogeneous rubber mass that could be shaped and mixed with other materials. In collaboration with Charles Macintosh, he developed pioneering waterproof fabrics that led to the creation of modern raincoats.