It wasn't. Two types of tar exist naturally: Petroleum tar and Pine tar.
the answer is atoms in the tar
Tar is a conductor of electricity. This is because tar contains carbon black. Carbon though not a metal is capable of conducting electricity.
The density of tar is approx. 1.153 grams per cubic centimeter.
The tar is said to be viscous.
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the Egyptians invented them out of straw and twine and tar
John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish road building expert, is credited with being the first to build tar surfaced roads. That is why they are called macadam roads.
Augustine Sackett, of the New York Coal Tar Chemical Company and partner Fred Kane invented it around 1890.
Around 1820 John Loudon McAdam invented a way to make roads which became known as macadamisation. When motor vehicles arrived the macadamised roads became very dusty and so they were sprayed with a layer of tar to seal the road surface. This was known as tarmac.
William Perkin Discovers Coal Tar Aniline Dyes 1856
Tar is a noun (the tar) and a verb (to tar).
In maths terms tar tar is another word for calculus
tar mummies are mummies that were preserved in tar
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Tar has no patron saint. There is no patron saint of tar. Of course ther is a paitron saint of Tar. Jack Tar is a name for a sailor. Tar's patron saint is St Elmo
The Ancient Egyptians invented beer.
In Ancient Riome and Greece and elsewhere they haed torches of flaming sticks covered in tar. The modern electric torch was invented after reasonably small and reliable batteries were developed, probably around 1890.