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Magic Carpet. A new nonskid, weather-and mark-proof vinyl carpet will be put on sale by U.S. Rubber Co. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 9, 1959 | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...jolting, solid-rubber tires of that day. It had to buck furious price competition and inflexible patent monopolies, waited three years before turning its first profit. Then it moved fast. Founder Harvey S. Firestone Sr. developed one of the first pneumatic tires, went on to pioneer the first practical nonskid tire by stamping "FIRESTONE NONSKID" in raised letters on the smooth surfaces. Before he died in 1938, Firestone sales were well past the $500 million mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Wheels for the World | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...motorists, skidding, churning, and bogging down in one of the snowiest winters on record, last week heard gripping news. At long last there has apparently been developed an honest-to-goodness nonskid tire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chains Cast Off? | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...Agriculture: development of nonskid grass for landing fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grounds for Flight | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

...amateur meteorologist asked (and got) permission to use a cast-iron replica of Arpad atop his New Jersey weather station. At least one Army flyer has a mascot Arpad painted on his plane. Arpad even gets Christmas presents (last week a woman admirer sent him a nonskid perch made of sandpaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fowl Play | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

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