https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh en-us 2021-03-12 21:28:14 UTC 2021-03-12 22:59:19 UTC hello@padlet.com ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304377356 National Geographic Society. “African-American Inventors II.” National Geographic Society, 15 Oct. 2012, www.nationalgeographic.org/article/african-american-inventors-19th-century/.

Science Buddies. “Learn More About These 28 Scientists for Black History Month: Science Buddies Blog.” Science Buddies, Science Buddies, 8 Feb. 2021, www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/black-history-month-scientists?from=Newsletter. ]]> 2021-03-12 21:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304377356 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304429078 Emmett Chappelle used bioluminesance to count how much bacteria was in water and he showed how flouresence could be used to monitor a plants health.]]> 2021-03-12 21:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304429078 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304481136 John Parker had three patents, he was one out of 55 African Americans granted more than one patent in that time. His most notable achievements were making a portable tobacco screw press and being a "conductor" for the underground railroad.]]> 2021-03-12 22:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304481136 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304485530 Samuel Scottron invented a special mirror for barbershops that allowed people getting haircuts to see their hair from every angle.]]> 2021-03-12 22:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304485530 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304500271 Granville T. Woods was nicknamed "The Black Edison" because of all the inventions he made. His first patent was for a steam boiler but he made many important inventions for railroads like a system to show exactly where a train was on the tracks.]]> 2021-03-12 22:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304500271 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304513655 Benjamin Banneker was a mathematician and an astronomer, he possibly could have made the first clock in the US and successfully predicted the 1789 solar eclipse. ]]> 2021-03-12 22:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304513655 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304521623 Hugh M. Browne invented a device to capture sewer water and prevent it from flowing back into a house. He was also an educator.]]> 2021-03-12 22:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304521623 ab22069 https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304525201 Shelby Davidson worked for the USPS but he didn't deliver mail. Davidson invented many devices to help the USPS work more efficiently and spend less time on paperwork.]]> 2021-03-12 22:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ab22069/wnrpfi2bd2sj3skh/wish/1304525201