The first rubber band was developed in 1843 when an englishman named thomas hancock sliced up a rubber bottle made by some new world indians. A rubber band ball is a sphere of rubber bands made by using a knotted single band as a starting point and then wrapping rubber bands around the center until the desired size is achieved.

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On march 17 1845 stephen perry of the rubber manufacturing company messers perry and co rubber co manuf london patented the fist rubber bands made of vulcanized rubber.

Who made rubber bands. Perry invented the rubber band to hold papers or envelopes together. Although these first rubber bands were adapted as garters and waistbands their usefulness was limited because they were unvulcanized. The ball is usually made from 100 rubber bands but some instructions call for using a marble 20 or a ping pong ball 21 as a starting point.

While rubber itself has been around for centuries rubber bands were only officially patented less than two centuries ago. At the present time antoon versteegde uses the same kind of rubber bands to fasten the bamboo poles in. Here now is a brief history of the humble yet incredibly useful rubber.