<P> In 1942 , while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights , Coover and his team at Eastman Kodak examined cyanoacrylates , a material that was used during both World Wars ( 1914 - 1918 ; 1939 - 1945 ) as an alternative to stitches on large cuts and wounds , rejecting them as too sticky . Nine years later , Coover was overseeing Kodak chemists investigating heat - resistant polymers for jet canopies when cyanoacrylates were once again tested and proved too sticky . That time around , however , Coover recognized that he had discovered a unique adhesive . In 1958 , the adhesive , marketed by Kodak as Super Glue , was introduced for sale . </P>
<P> In 1942 , while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights , Coover and his team at Eastman Kodak examined cyanoacrylates , a material that was used during both World Wars ( 1914 - 1918 ; 1939 - 1945 ) as an alternative to stitches on large cuts and wounds , rejecting them as too sticky . Nine years later , Coover was overseeing Kodak chemists investigating heat - resistant polymers for jet canopies when cyanoacrylates were once again tested and proved too sticky . That time around , however , Coover recognized that he had discovered a unique adhesive . In 1958 , the adhesive , marketed by Kodak as Super Glue , was introduced for sale . </P>
super glue was discovered by accident during development research on what
super glue was discovered by accident during development research on what
heat - resistant polymers for jet canopies
heat - resistant polymers for jet canopies