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21.) AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTION: DISMISSED, UNRECOGNIZED AND SOMETIMES ...
Over one day ago | Wed Jul 5 7:53:00 PDT 2006
Electric Cutoff Switch --- Granville T. Woods. Thermo Hair Curlers --- Soloman Harper. Relay Instrument --- Granville T. Woods. Gas Burner --- B.F. Jackson. Telephone System --- Granville T. Woods. Kitchen Table --- H.A. Jackson ...
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22.) did u know we invented that? (a partial list of black inventions)
Over one day ago | Mon Aug 6 19:06:00 PDT 2007
51 granville woods telephone (his telephone was far superior to alexander graham bell's) dec. 2,1884 52 granville woods trolley car 1888 53 granville woods multiplex telegraph system (allowed messages to be sent and received from moving ...
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23.) Top Gift Books for Invention Lovers
Over one day ago | Tue Dec 13 16:00:00 PST 2005
By Otha Richard Sullivan/James Haskins - This book sets the history records straight by being full of the biographies of distinguished black inventors from the 19th and 20th centuries - highlights include Granville T. Woods (electric ...
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24.) Minority Inventors
Over one day ago | Wed Nov 15 16:00:00 PST 2006
Granville Woods had more than 60 patents. Known as the "Black Edison," he improved Bell's telegraph and created an electrical motor that made the underground subway possible. He also improved the airbrake. More about Granville Woods ...
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25.) Smrt fa?izmu! | Kurir
Over one day ago | Wed Oct 15 0:00:00 PDT 2008
Neil deGrasse Tyson 1958- Influential astronomer Daniel Hale Williams 1856-1931 Granville Woods 1856-1910 Inventor Madam C.J. Walker 1867?1919 Inventor created black cosmetic products. Bas si kreten. ...
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26.) Verbal Enema - only for the brave...: Black Invention Myths
Over one day ago | Tue Mar 18 0:00:00 PDT 2008
Electric Trolley: Did Granville Woods invent the electric trolley car, the overhead wire that powers it, or the "troller" wheel that makes contact with the trolley wire, in 1888? No! Dr. Werner von Siemens demonstrated his electric ...
From Toxicblogger
27.) Can he handle it?
Over one day ago | Tue Jun 10 14:39:00 PDT 2008
Lewis Latimer (1848?1928) invented an important part of the light bulb ? the carbon filament. Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852?1889) invented a shoemaking machine that increased shoemaking speed by 900%! Granville T. Woods (1856?1910) ...
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28.) kjc007: Inventions By Black Americans
Over one day ago | Thu Feb 8 5:23:00 PST 2007
Granville T. Woods 1856 - 1910 Largely self-educated, he was awarded more than 60 patents. One of his most important inventions was a telegraph that allowed moving trains to communicate with other trains and train stations, ...
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29.) african americans search for truth and knowledge 4
Over one day ago | Mon Apr 30 21:00:00 PDT 2007
thomas edison offered granville woods a partnership but he turned it down because he preferred to remain independent. in 1901 he sold his "third rail" invention for subway systems to the general electric company. ...
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30.) black inventors
Over one day ago | Sat Feb 4 0:52:00 PST 2006
granville woods. multiplex telegraph system (allowed messages to be sent and received from moving trains). 1887. 54. granville woods. railway air brakes (the first safe method of stopping trains) 1903. 55. granville woods ...
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