Famous Black Inventors and Their Famous Inventions
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Lewis Latimer Light bulb filaments (worked with Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison), 1848-1928 Jan Matzeliger Shoe manufacturing, railroad car coupler, 1852-1889 Elijah McCoy Engine lubrication, graphite lubricator (57 patents), 1843-1928 Frederick McKinley Jones Refrigeration in trucks, sound reproduction, ticket dispensing, 1893-1961 Garrett Morgan Gas mask, hair straightening cream, traffic signal device, 1877-1963 Norbert Rillieux Sugar processing machinery, 1806-1894 Lewis Temple Whale harpoon (improvement), 1800-1854 Granville Woods Synchronus multiplex railway telegraph, electro-mechanical brake, induction telegraphy, several other electrical devices, 1856-1910 Percy Julian Chemistry: physostigmine, fire extinguishing soy protein, cortisone synthesis, 1899-1975 |  Lewis Latimer, Inventor Search for More Famous Black Inventors 
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