Kauchuk - Kauchuk

Japanese: カウチュク - かうちゅく
Kauchuk - Kauchuk

…They are broadly divided into rubber erasers and plastic erasers. When rubber, which originated in Mexico, was introduced to Europe with the discovery of the New World and was called caouthouc, soft bread was used to erase charcoal or pencil marks on parchment or paper. In 1770, British chemist J. Priestley discovered that caouthouc had the ability to rub out marks, and named it rubber. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kauchuk" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ラバー消しゴムとプラスチック消しゴムに大別される。メキシコを起源とするゴムが新大陸発見によりヨーロッパに伝えられ〈カウチュクcaouthouc〉と呼ばれていたころ,羊皮や紙についた木炭や鉛筆の跡を消すのには軟らかいパンが用いられていた。1770年イギリスの化学者J.プリーストリーがカウチュクに字を消すrub‐out性能があることを発見し,ラバーrubberと命名した。…

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