Such a familiar now in every way super glue was once a real discovery that generates numerous myths and legends. For example, long time is seriously thought that the main purpose of the super glue is the gluing of various wounds.
Indeed, super glue was created in the period Second World American Kutaver, who conducted experiments on the search for plastic for combat gunsmiths. As a result, he received a cyanocrylate material that instantly hardened the air and spoiled all objects in the laboratory, gluing them tightly. A patent for a new type of glue was received only in 55, and in 59 glue was already demonstrated on TV.
For a long time, super glue was the main component of a variety of American shows, during which its stunning properties have been found. New cyanocrylate glue was able to glue any surfaces, even if they were not cleaned proper before that. Soon the main problem was not the ability of super glue instantly and tightly glue any materials, and the possibility with the lowest harm to blame these materials back.
a source