mˈoʊltən, hˌuː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn wˈoːɹltən, kˈaʊnti dˈʌɹəm, sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli ʃˈɛɹd ðə sˈæmpəlz wɪð tˈɑːməs hˈæŋkɑːk, hˌuː ðˈɛn bˈiːt ɡˈʊdjɪɹ tʊ ɐ jˌuːkˈeɪ pˈæʔn̩t fɚðə vˌʌlkɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən pɹˈɑːsɛs baɪ ɐ mˈæɾɚɹ əvə fjˈuː wˈiːks ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː.
Moulton, who was born in Whorlton, County Durham, subsequently shared the samples with Thomas Hancock, who then beat Goodyear to a UK patent for the vulcanization process by a matter of a few weeks in 1843.