Garrett And The Gas Mask

Later in 1912, Morgan developed another invention. This invention was much different from his hair straightener. Morgan called it a Safety Hood and patented it as a Breathing Device, but the world would later come to know it as a Gas Mask. The Safety Hood consisted of a hood worn over someone’s head. A tube stemmed from this hood reaching the ground and allowing in clean air. The bottom of the tube was lined with a sponge type material that would help to filter incoming air. Another tube allowed the user to exhale air out of the device. Morgan intended the device to be used in fighting fires. He wanted it to help firemen enter houses thick with smoke and breathe freely for some time.

Dynamite was invented in 1867 by Alfred Nobel. According to livescience.com, Nobel’s father was a inventor. Nobel attended school in St Petersburg and shined in his studying. While there he gained a interest in poetry, this interest caused his father to put him in stricter chemistry and engineering classes. If not for this Alfred Nobel could have became a poet.

His genius flourished in the post-civil war period with a lot of room in the invention space his entering skills were the gold of the time. Working with alexander gram bell on the telephone he helps draft the patent for bell's design for the telephone. He was also involved in the field of incandescent lighting, a particularly competitive field, working for Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison.

25) Thomas Edison: He invented the electric light bulb. He created a lighting system near Wall Street powered by his own generator.

An award winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Frederick Jones was well known for his invention of the refrigerator. As a child, Frederick faced many challenges at an early age. After his challenging childhood, he taught himself mechanical and electrical engineering. He became the first African American elected to the American Society of Refrigeration Engineering.

As you probably know it's Black history month, a month to celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans. In celebration of Black History Month, the contributions made by African American Inventors and their importance to American culture was researched. Do you use elevators? I am sure you do. Alexander Miles was born on May 18, 1838, in Duluth a city in Minnesota . Alexander parents are Mary Pope and Michael Andrea.

Garret Morgan was also a great inventor whose invention had a major impact on the world. He had two major inventions in his life: the gas mask and the traffic light. Even though he has invented many things, Garret is known mostly for the traffic light. Take a second and think about what driving would be like without lights to direct traffic at an intersection. There would be a whole lot of accidents every day. Because of this, the impact of his invention is felt by everyone in the world on a daily basis. You cannot drive anywhere, almost, without seeing a traffic light at least one time and, on top of that, they have saved so many lives.

Henry Blair was born in 1807 in Glenn Ross, Maryland. Blair was the second African American to receive a United States patent. Blair was thought to have been the first black American to receive a patent for many years. Research later revealed Thomas Jennings received a patent in 1821 for the invention of the dry cleaning process. In both of his patents he was listed as a “colored man”, one of the the only examples of an inventor’s race being listed or acknowledged on a patent. Blair was a farmer who invented new inventions to assist in the planting and harvesting of crops. Although he came of age before the Emancipation Proclamation, Blair was apparently not enslaved and operated an independent business. He was a forerunner of a long line of future

Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. was born on March 4, 1877, in Paris, Kentucky. Morgan was an African American inventor and a community leader. Morgan is responsible for inventing a type of protective respiratory hood, hair straightening chemical, and a traffic signal light. In 1963, Morgan and three others used the safety hood device to save workers trapped within a water intake tunnel fifty feet below Lake Erie; Morgan is also accredited as the first African American in the state of Cleveland, Ohio to own an automobile. In 1963, Morgan was nationally recognized, although nearly blind, he continued to work on his invention. One of Morgan’s last inventions was a self extinguishing cigarette. In Cleveland, Ohio the Garrett A. Morgan Cleveland School

Many people have impacted America in the past. These people included writers, soldiers, presidents, actors, inventors, athletes, musician, and artists. Eli Whitney is known for inventing the cotton gin and promoting interchangeable parts. Did Whitney deserve praise for the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts? Yes, his cotton gin increased cotton production and interchangeable parts allowed faster assembly lines.

Many black American men and woman rose during and after the Civil War. These strong and powerful person’s are remembered today though history books, the freedom we live by now, and their inventions that we will continue to benefit from. One of the most admirable inventions that should be mentioned is the creation of the peanut. The invention of the peanut was the first of many inventions that lead to improving and changing lives for black Americans.

He was very influential in automotive inventions, creating Delco and heading General Motors in the early decades of the 20th century. He invented the electrical starting motor, and introduced leaded gasoline. Both inventions surely caused him much trouble to come to fruition, but he created a starting point for decades of improvement to the cars that are used today. Most car engines use electrical starting motors, as well as some aircrafts. Leaded gasoline was also widely used for many years, but began to decline over time.

Eli whitney is a American inventor, He is famous and most remembered for his cotton gin. If you don't know what a cotton gin is, it is a machine that is used to quickly and easily separate cotton fibers. This cotton gin was really needed and useful for the average worker back then. Eli made this to make the cotton farmers work easier and with this work gets done so much faster and brings them more money.

When Percy applied for jobs at chemical companies he was rejected when they found out he was black. Instead he got hired by Glidden Company as a lab director. While in the company he created Aero-foam which was a product that uses soy protein to put out oil and gas fires. Aero-foam was widely used in World War

Earle Dickson invented band aids for his wife, who worked in the kitchen most of the time. She usually got hurt while using the knife or cooking. Earle Dickson was born on 10 Oct 1892 at Grandview, Tennessee. He was the son of the physician, Richard Ensign Dickson and Mary Augusta Hester. He attended Yale University