The Greatest inventor known by no one Introduction Granville T. Woods became one of the most admirable inventors even when the odds were against him. Granville T. Woods was an African American inventor in The late 1800s and early 1900s. He made many contributions to the railroad industry and to the rights of African Americans. His contributions to the railroad industry came mainly from his improvement upon the telegraph. However his contributions to the rights and freedoms of africans americans came as a result of his resilience fighting through barriers that arose because of his race. As well as becoming one of the great inventors of his time. while showing that african americans can do anything a white person can and inspiring a change in how people looked at african americans. Granville T. Woods played a major role in the fight for equality and justice. Not only …show more content…
Woods’ had a tough childhood but it may have led him to become more of A hero. Woods’ childhood started when he was born on april 23 1856 to Martha and tailor woods Woods was born in columbus ohio and began his education when he went to public school there until at age 10 He had to leave school and start his career early to work so he could help support his family. When he left school “He took up a variety of jobs. including a railroad engineer in a railroad machine shop, as well as an engineer on a British ship, in a steel mill and as a railroad worker” (“Granville T. Woods - Inventions, Family & Facts”). Taking up these jobs at a young age gave him insight into the industry and it instilled hard work and a good work ethic into him which possibly led to his success as an inventor. He did not begin his career in inventing until 1884 when he Got his first patent for an improved design of a steam boiler furnace. Even though his tough childhood may have held him back at first it is very possible that it was the reason that he made all of these inventions that so many of us use
The African American inventor I decided to do a report on is Lloyd Hall. He was not only a black inventor but he also a chemist. Lloyd Hall received his Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1914, a Master of Science from Northwestern in 1916, and a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from Virginia State College in 1944. He also served as chief chemist for John Morrel and Company of Ottuma, Illinois (1919-1921) and became President of the Chemical Products Corporation, Chicago from 1921 to 1924.
This also was a successful invention he had. This invention was used a lot in world war 1. Also, In 1914 he received the first Gold medal at the international Exposition of Sanitation and safety in New York City. It was of July 25, 1916, which was the another reason why he got the medal. Making national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 ft beneath Lake Erie.
After his service in the United States Navy he joined his father in the sawdust business at the age of 27. This job would be the start to his very famous and effective invention. He found his wife and got married to her and had four children and six grandchildren. His typical life transitioned into a multi millionaire businessman
Oliver Evans, born near Newport Delaware 1755, was an inventor and engineer during the American Industrial Revolution. As a young teenage boy, Evans was an apprentice to a wheelwright. Other than his apprenticeship Evens had no formal training and was self-taught in mechanics and engineering. At the age of 21 Evans had created his first working machine. This machine created improved leather, wool combing cards containing 1000 teeth each reducing the amount of time it took to prepare the wool prior to spinning.
He made the Carnegie Steel Company using the Bessemer process, dropping the steel price, allowing him to buy the rivaling Homestead Steel Works. He used the steel for railroads, making his superintendent job much easier and
With the money he earned from his previous investments, he built many steel mills all over the country and these milles hosted a new type of technology. The way he made steel was with the bessemer process. This was the fist inexpensive way to mass manufacture steel. It used the open hearth furnace but the key part of the process was the way it blew the impurities out of the molten metal with air, This new technological advance made it possible to mass produce steel and to make buildings and other large structures out of it. But what made him so successful was he owned everything he would need along the way.
For the next decade most of his time was spent with the steel industry in Pennsylvania. He soon started a very well known company called Carnegie Steel. Carnegie Steel Company revolutionized the steel production in America. As I already stated he was producing it faster than anyone else in the world.
Carter G. Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He did many important things that contributed to Black History. The 3 main important things Carter G. Woodson was that he was one of the first scholars to study African- American History, he invented Black History Month, and he also became known as the “Father of Black History.”
Although he was most famous for this invention he still did many other jobs that made him a very successful
The intellectual elements during 1865-1900 mainly involved inventors. Many inventors, about 20,000 per year, in the 1890s “flooded the U.S. Patent Office” with their applications, which was staggering compared to the 1,000 per year in the 1850s (Keene, 475). Some of the more recognizable inventors include Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison, who is known for many inventions, including the incandescent light bulb. Also, George Eastman and Isaac Singer were notable inventors. The former created the Kodak camera, while the latter invented the sewing machine.
“One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone” (Library of Congress) Edison was one of the best inventors of all time, With so many amazing inventions still contributing to modern life today. This shows a side of people glorifying Thomas Edison for his amazing achievements but completely overlooking all the bad things he did while trying to make a name for himself. “Edison’s detractors insist that his greatest invention was his own fame, cultivated at the expense of collaborators and competitors alike. ”(The NewYorker)
Edison was known world-wide as the wizard of Menlo Park, The Father of the electric age, and the greatest inventor to ever live. Also that when WWII broke out, he was asked to invent defencive weapons for submarines, and war ships. He also innovated things by using rubber, concrete, and ethanol. In 1887, Edison opened the first building committed only to research and development in New Jersey.
He began his inventing at an early age and attended Cornell University. He had a successful career. He was revered by the ordinary family for bringing them such useful inventions as cars and refrigerators. Despite all of the things on his lengthy and impressive résumé he has been labeled “The Worst Inventor In History”. Thomas Midgley Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 into an average middle
Thomas Edison is an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as “America’s greatest inventor.” His tireless work efforts and dedication to science not only helped him to create inventions that have advanced technology , but also become an inspirational figure for Americans. His improvements and inventions on objects that were already invented helped the lives of over millions of Americans. He helped to build America’s economy during some of its more vulnerable years as a new nation. Thomas Edison’s inventions have helped to advance our society though his dedications and knowledge in mechanical, electrical, and chemical sciences.
Thomas Edison wanted to send messages back and forth between his house and another house. He didn’t have power so he asked his mother and father for money but they didn’t have any money to give him. So Edison went to work on a train to earn the money by selling candy at the age of 15. Thomas ended up saving a young boys life, so happens the boy’s father was a telegraph operator.