[Eoscstudents] Black History

[Levenia Carey]

Good Morning:

Today we want to share a few facts that you may or may not know, but are 
worthy of being repeated. 

Did You Know:

1.  Elijah McCoy (1843-1929)  invented an automatic lubricator for 
oiling steam engines in 1872.  The term "the real McCoy" is believe to 
be a reference about the reliability of Elijah's McCoy's invention.

2.  Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877-1963) invented, among many other 
things, a 3-way automatic stop sign, which he sold to General Electric.  
It was used in the U.S. until the 3-light traffic signal was developed.

3.  Otis Boykin (1920-1982) invented electronic cotrol devices for 
guided missiles, IBM computers, ad the control unit for a pacemaker.

4.  George Carruthers (1939-    ) invented the far ultraviolet 
electrographic camera, used in the 1972 Apollo 16 mission. This 
invention revealed new features of Earth's far-outer atmosphere and 
deep-space objects from the perspective of the lunar surface. Carruthers 
was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2003.

5.  James West (1931-    ) research in sound technology led to the 
developmet of foil-electret transducers used in 90% of all microphones 
built today and in most new telephones being manufactured.  West holds 
47 U.S. and more than 200 foreign patents on microphones and techniques  
for making polymer foil-electrets. He was inducted into the National 
Inventor's Hall of Fame in 1999. 

6.  Mark Dean (1957-   )  along with his co-inventor Dennis Moelle 
creater a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral 
processing devices.  This invention allows the use of computer plug-ins 
like disk drives, speakers, scanners, etc.

7.  George T. Sampson invented a clothes dryer that used heat from a 
stove in 1892.

8.  Frederick Jones (1892-1961) held over 60 patents with most of them 
pertaining to refrigeration. His portable air conditioner was used in 
World War II to perserve medicine and blood serum.

9.  Granville Woods (1856-1910) invented numerous devices relating to 
the railroad- a system for overhead electric conducting lines, air 
brakes and a telegraph system that allowed communication between moving 
trains.

10.  Lonnie G. Johnson (1949-   ) an engineer who performed spacecraft 
system design for NASA, invented the Supersoaker Watergun - the number 
one selling toy in America in 1991.

We encourage you to keep reading and learn more about Black History and 
recall and celebrate the positive contributions to our nation made by 
people of African descent.

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