1 - this is a great example of how frequently white men name things after themselves and these inventors probably weren’t able to
2 - every time Trump tees up someone should remind him of the history of the invention of the golf tee and what would his “leisure time” be like without it
George Washington Carver didn’t invent peanut butter. He did however invent over 200 other uses for peanuts and the science behind crop rotation…amongst many other accolades. I only know all of this because my son is doing a report on him! An amazing scientist and inventor nonetheless!
I love this game Indy! Not an invention, but always a good time to mention the founder of my hometown (Chicago) is a Black American (Jean Baptiste Point du Sable). Many things in the city are named after him
Not dissing the contributions but . . . ? I don't think these are things that needed to be invented. Curtain rod support? And the guy who invented the curtain rod didn't also invent the thing to hold it?
A lot of these are patents for improvements or new versions of older technology. e.g. Frederick Jones didn't invent air conditioning; he invented the first successful truck mounted AC for transporting refrigerated goods. Which is still very... cool. (Sorry.)
biscuit cutter. ?
So digging my biscuit dough a lot of layers AND my biscuit cutter the 3 incher— my fav —
Hmm what?
Black people have become stronger in the face of the constant white headwind
I mean even this biscuit cutter here was created by a black person. And another thing…
This list misleads by stating some important variations are the original invention. For instance, Thomas's Farmer's Almanac helped shape America but it was modelled after Old Moore's, 50 years after Franklin's Poor Richards made almanacs popular in the US, and 4000 years after the Babylonians.
But many of those things weren’t invented then. But then, Americans think they invented cars, tv, cameras, computers, internet, light bulbs radio etc etc
Still haven’t got electric kettles so I suppose they’ll get around to ‘inventing’ them shortly.
weird thing I looked up paul l downing I found his wiki naming him as Philip B. Downing, still inventor of a letterbox patent that went on to be the mail box, but I think his most important invention would be the railway switch, basically allowed quick switching and brakes.
I have seen this list show up online before. It is rife with errors. My favorite is the clothes dryer that was supposedly invented in 1971. Our family must have had a really advance prototype in our house in the 1960's!
I will be happy to when we get an accurate list. A quick look through shows that most of the people on the list patented improvements to existing devises. The guitar, door knobs, door stops, etc were around long before their invented date on this list.
Unfortunately, a lot of this isn't true. The air conditioner was Invented by William Carrier fifty years earlier, and the elevator was invented by James Otis in the 1850s. Not to mention ones like the guitar and the lock, which are significantly older than the list date
You're right (also not sure why I confused Elisha with revolutionary war lawyer James Otis). It looks like there were elevators in the Colosseum, and allegedly Archimedes made one
George Carver was an amazing agricultural scientist who developed hundreds of important advances in soil science and production using sweet potatoes, peanuts, and cotton. He did not, however, invent, perfect, or introduce peanut butter. That was Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal in 1884
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2 - every time Trump tees up someone should remind him of the history of the invention of the golf tee and what would his “leisure time” be like without it
"Uh...WTF is a lamb bulb?"
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Although I must say, Alexander P. Ashbourne also has a really cool name.
So digging my biscuit dough a lot of layers AND my biscuit cutter the 3 incher— my fav —
Hmm what?
Black people have become stronger in the face of the constant white headwind
I mean even this biscuit cutter here was created by a black person. And another thing…
Still haven’t got electric kettles so I suppose they’ll get around to ‘inventing’ them shortly.
I've seen Roman locks from the first century in museums that look remarkably similar to locks today.
I don't know where that list originated, but its inaccuracies render it completely unconvincing.
But yeah I get the sentiment.
I'll throw one name back:
Katherine Johnson
How you, darlin?