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ISBN 13 : 9781951097882
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (978 download)
Download or read book The Amazing Mind of Granville Woods written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rayvon Fouché
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801882708
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation written by Rayvon Fouché and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-09-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world. Most successful inventors of this era, however, developed their ideas within the framework of industrial organizations that supported them and their experiments. For African American inventors, negotiating these racially stratified professional environments meant not only working on innovative designs but also breaking barriers. In this pathbreaking study, Rayvon Fouché examines the life and work of three African Americans: Granville Woods (1856–1910), an independent inventor; Lewis Latimer (1848–1928), a corporate engineer with General Electric; and Shelby Davidson (1868–1930), who worked in the U.S. Treasury Department. Detailing the difficulties and human frailties that make their achievements all the more impressive, Fouché explains how each man used invention for financial gain, as a claim on entering adversarial environments, and as a means to technical stature in a Jim Crow institutional setting. Describing how Woods, Latimer, and Davidson struggled to balance their complicated racial identities—as both black and white communities perceived them—with their hopes of being judged solely on the content of their inventive work, Fouché provides a nuanced view of African American contributions to—and relationships with—technology during a period of rapid industrialization and mounting national attention to the inequities of a separate-but-equal social order.
Author : Jonathan Walker Sr. P.E.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465307699
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Granville Taylor Woods written by Jonathan Walker Sr. P.E. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1907, Mr. Granville Taylor Woods was the first Black American who was granted 49 patents and was titled the "Black Edison" in news articles from the 1900s. Mr. Woods was a pioneer in power distribution, telegraph communication, and safety for the railway industry. Granville Taylor Woods sold eight patents to the General Electrical Company, Harry Ward Leonard, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, and various individuals or investment partners. The ultimate goal of this book is to provide standard concepts in presenting accurate interpretations of patents granted to Granville Taylor Woods. This book is not intended to dispute, dishonor, or argue for or against a particular accomplishment by Granville Taylor Woods. Rather, the author aims to furnish a concise way to present the material in laymans terms. To put something in laymans terms is to describe a complex or technical issue using words and terms that an average individual may comprehend the basic concept. The material is divided into five (5) sections related to Mr. Woods: Introduction, birthplace of Granville Woods, list of patents, list of patent assignments, and photos with a description of each patent granted to Mr. Woods. The introduction provides the purpose of the book, the authors approach, and fundamental patent terminology. Section two contains the most reliable source of Granville Woods birthplace and his whereabouts as a young adult and teenager. This source of information is extracted through the United States Federal Census that is closest to Mr. Woods birth. Section three is concentrated on a brief explanation that verifies the number of patents granted to Granville Taylor Woods in addition to patents he assigned to individuals, partners, or companies. Section four is centered on patent assignments by Granville Taylor Woods since the majority of patents were assigned to individuals, partners, or companies. Section five is the focal point of this book because the original images of Mr. Woods patent drawings will be displayed, both front and back. This is the most exciting part of the book!
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
ISBN 13 : 9780635025272
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Granville Woods written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granville Woods held patents on over 60 different inventions. Some of his inventions are still in use today. Granville invented an "Induction Telegraph" that allowed trains to communicate with each other! This helped to stop accidents on the railways. Granville was recognized for his work both during his lifetime and after his death. What an accomplishment! These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses. Get the Answer Key for the Quizzes! Click HERE.
Author : Holly Cefrey
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823964420
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (644 download)
Download or read book The Inventions of Granville Woods written by Holly Cefrey and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a biographical sketch of Granville Woods, sometimes known as the "Black Edison," and descriptions of some of his inventions.
Author : Louis Haber
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152085667
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (856 download)
Download or read book Black Pioneers of Science and Invention written by Louis Haber and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
Author : David L. Head
Publisher : Rosedog Press
ISBN 13 : 9781434978417
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (784 download)
Download or read book Granville T. Woods written by David L. Head and published by Rosedog Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began one quiet autumn evening during November of 1996. At home, David Head was viewing the PBS documentary Transportation in America and he noticed the film made no mention of African American contributions. But as chairman of the Black History Committee for Transport Workers Union Local 100, he knew there was much to share. At that moment Head determined his new purpose in life would be to share the extraordinary life and legacy of Granville T. Woods. After twelve years in pursuit of this goal, David Head has accomplished a great deal for his cause: - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sponsorship of 2004 Subway Centennial Granville T. Woods Commemorative Exhibit - 4 million Granville T. Woods Commemorative Metro Cards (2 million in Spanish) - 2009: Brooklyn Street renamed "Granville T. Woods Way" - 2009: Figure 8, the world's first electric roller coaster created by Woods was inducted into the Coney Island Hall of Fame - 2010: Transit News Telly Award for GTW documentary - 2012: Granville T. Woods: African American Communication and Transportation Pioneer, an illustrated book for young readers, highlighting Woods' struggles and achievements, was published With his many successes, and realizing the impact he could have on others, Head decided to pursue his goals within an educational framework as well by: - Showcasing Woods' inspirational life and amazing innovative abilities - Revealing the purpose behind teaching the life and accomplishments of Woods, and his significant contributions to our American Society - Encouraging youth to cultivate their own talents, to stay in school and seek higher education, to discern their abilities and pursue them as Woods did In the spirit of Granville T. Woods and his life of invention, Head is now spearheading a major effort to increase the participation of urban youth in the fields of science and technology. By integrating field trips and practical experience with his S.T.E.M. program classroom curriculum, youth will be motivated and guided in an innovative approach to comtemporary challenges. With this goal in mind, careers in science and technology will be encouraged and given direction.
Author : David M. Foy
Publisher : Duncan & Duncan
ISBN 13 : 9781878647474
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans written by David M. Foy and published by Duncan & Duncan. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides biographical sketches of 11 specific African-American inventors, and brief descriptions of dozens of other African-American discoveries.
Author : James Michael Brodie
Publisher : Quill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Created Equal written by James Michael Brodie and published by Quill. This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short biographies of African American inventors and scientists from slavery to the twentieth century, such as Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, MAtthew Henson, Garrett Morgan, Ernest Just, and Percy Jullian.
Author : Kathy Ross
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 0761368477
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Crafts That Celebrate Black History written by Kathy Ross and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning chronologically with Benjamin Banneker and ending with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this collection has 20 crafts, each on based on the work of a distinguished black American. The projects include a Frederick Douglass Puppet, a Harriet Tubman Route to Freedom Maze, a Granville T. Woods Invention Puzzle, a Thank You George Washington Carver Magnet, and Mary McCloud Bethune’s School That Grew. Each craft is illustrated and outlined with step-by-step instructions, and each requires mainly common household items.
Author : Holly Cefrey
Publisher : Rigby
ISBN 13 : 9780757858567
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (585 download)
Download or read book The Inventions of Granville Woods written by Holly Cefrey and published by Rigby. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wade Hudson
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
ISBN 13 : 9780590480338
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Five Notable Inventors written by Wade Hudson and published by Cartwheel Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrayal of five inventors, from childhood to adulthood and what they invented.
Author : Otha Richard Sullivan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118115996
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)
Download or read book African American Inventors written by Otha Richard Sullivan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the black inventors who lived their dreams--from the early years to modern times Benjamin Banneker Andrew Jackson Beard George E. Carruthers, Ph.D. George Washington Carver Michael Croslin, Ph.D. David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. Charles Richard Drew, M.D. Meredith Gourdine, Ph.D. Claude Harvard Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Frederick McKinley Jones Percy Lavon Julian, Ph.D. Ernest Everett Just, Ph.D. Lewis Howard Latimer Jan Earnst Matzeliger Elijah McCoy Benjamin Montgomery John P. Moon Garrett Augustus Morgan Norbert Rillieux Earl D. Shaw, Ph.D. Madame C. J. Walker Daniel Hale Williams, M.D. Granville T. Woods Jane Cooke Wright, M.D. For more than three centuries, African American inventors have been coming up with ingenious ideas. In fact, it is impossible to really know American history without also learning about the contributions of black discoverers. This collection brings their stories to life. In every era, black inventors have made people's lives safer, more comfortable, more convenient, and more profitable. This inspiring, comprehensive collection shines history's spotlight on these courageous inventors and discoverers. One by one, they persevered, despite prejudice and obstacles to education and training. These stories show you how: Benjamin Montgomery, born a slave, invented a propeller that improved steamboat navigation. Jan Earnst Matzeliger, the son of a Dutch engineer, invented a machine that revolutionized the shoe manufacturing industry. Madame C. J. Walker, born two years after the Civil War emancipated her parents, invented a product that helped make her a millionaire. Dr. George E. Carruthers, an astrophysicist, invented the lunar surface ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for Apollo 16. Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, a third-generation physician and pioneer in the field of cancer research discovered a method for testing which drugs to use to fight specific cancers. Dr. Wright became the first woman elected president of the New York Cancer Society and the first African American woman to serve as dean of a medical college. This outstanding collection brings to light these and dozens of other exciting and surprising tales of inventors and discoverers who lived their dreams.
Author : Chris Woodford
Publisher : QED Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781784935610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)
Download or read book 50 Things You Should Know About: Inventions written by Chris Woodford and published by QED Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every aspect of modern life has been shaped by the ideas of ingenious inventors, many of them tinkering away in small workshops or even their garden sheds. Packed with facts and figures, discover the masterminds behind some of the world's most incredible inventions. In the ancient world, philosopher Archimedes designed new machines for farming. During the Renaissance, artist Leonardo da Vinci sketched his ideas for wondrous flying machines. Scientist James Watt provided ideas that would power the Industrial Revolution, while American inventor Thomas Edison patented more than 1000 inventions that would shape modern life, including the movie camera and the electric light bulb. Today's inventors still explore ideas for new and clever technology, producing miniature machines that we can only see under a microscope. Step inside the world of invention and see where it might take us next...
Author : John Brooks Slaughter
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421418150
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Changing the Face of Engineering written by John Brooks Slaughter and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can academic institutions, corporations, and policymakers foster African American participation and advancement in engineering? For much of America’s history, African Americans were discouraged or aggressively prevented from becoming scientists and engineers. Those who did enter STEM fields found that their inventions and discoveries were often neither recognized nor valued. Even today, particularly in the field of engineering, the participation of African American men and women is shockingly low, and some evidence indicates that the situation might be getting worse. In Changing the Face of Engineering, twenty-four eminent scholars address the underrepresentation of African Americans in engineering from a wide variety of disciplinary and professional perspectives while proposing workable classroom solutions and public policy initiatives. They combine robust statistical analyses with personal narratives of African American engineers and STEM instructors who, by taking evidenced-based approaches, have found success in graduating African American engineers. Changing the Face of Engineering argues that the continued underrepresentation of African Americans in engineering impairs the ability of the United States to compete successfully in the global marketplace. This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policymakers, corporations, and higher education institutions.
Author : Amy O'Quinn
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 0912777230
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Nikola Tesla for Kids written by Amy O'Quinn and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikola Tesla was a physicist, scientist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive; some considered him to be somewhat of a "mad" scientist. But in reality, he was a visionary. Many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He was the first to successfully use rotating magnetic fields to create an AC (alternating current) electrical power supply system and induction motor. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio ahead of Marconi. Among other things, he developed the Tesla coil, an oscillator, generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He helped design the world's first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls. Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Tesla's life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments.
Author : Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism written by Catharine Esther Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Beecher takes issue with the call for women's active involvement in the abolition movement, her discussion reveals the inter-relationship between 19th century abolitionism and 19th century feminism.
