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Watch The Seesaw and the Shoes (1945) Online

  • RUNTIME: 0h 11m
  • COUNTRIES: United States of America
  • Subtitles: English

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stethoscope, and a pair of shoes made of caoutchouc lead Charles Goodyear to discover the process for vulcanizing rubber.