Inventors

Joseph R. Winters invented the wagon-mounted fire escape ladder

Joseph R. Winters was born in Leesburg, Virginia on August 29th, 1816. Winters noticed that firefighters struggled to carry ladders…

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Johan Theron, electronics genius and inventor of the Powerguard.

Johan Theron is an electronics engineer. He created Powerguard, an innovation that allows consumers to check the maximum amount of…

4 ans ago

Ayoumbaye Oumar, the inventor of Camel-borne air conditioning

Born in 1970 in Abeche, Chad, he stopped schools at the level of the Second class. Ayoumbaye Oumar has designed…

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Dr Youssef Rashed

Dr Youssef Rashed obtained a Master of Science from Cairo University and a Doctorate from the University of Wales in…

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Norbert Rillieux

He was born in 1806 on his father's plantation, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1830, he entered the Central…

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Ousmane Bâ, inventor of single-block seeder designed for Africa

Ousmane Bâ is the man who revolutionized cereal cultivation. He has designed a single-block seeder that can be adapted to…

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Kodjo Afate Gnikou

Kodjo Afate Gnikou, of Togolese origin, has managed to prove that the African continent is quite capable of competing with…

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Granville T. Woods

Granville Woods was born into an African-American family in 1856. Woods' most important invention was the multiplex telegraph. It allowed…

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Sam Kodo

He made his debut in the world of invention at only 8 years old. Sam Kodo is the inventor of…

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Lewis Howard Latimer

He was born on September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachussets, his parents were former slaves who managed to escape from…

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