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By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide to Ancient History since 1997

Vulcan

Sunday May 29, 2005
To vulcanize means to improve the strength of something using heat or pressure. Like the burning mountains called volcanoes, vulcanize is named for the blacksmith of the gods known to the Romans as Vulcan. See the God of the Day.

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