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This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
George Washington Carver ( c. 1864 [1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. [2] He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to ...
Gersh Budker (1918–1977), Russia – electron cooling, co-inventor of collider. Edward Bull (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine) Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), Germany – Bunsen burner. Henry Burden (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron railroad spike.
Henry Blair (inventor) Bessie Blount Griffin. Sarah Boone. Otis Boykin. Benjamin Bradley (inventor) Charles B. Brooks. Henry Brown (inventor) Marie Van Brittan Brown. Hugh M. Browne.
Brennan torpedo – Louis Brennan [13] Brougham – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning. Büchner funnel, Büchner flask – Ernst Büchner. Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen. Burr Arch Truss – Theodore Burr [14] Callanetics – Callan Pinckney. Cardigan – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of ...
List of prolific inventors. The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references ...
4500 BC – 3500 BC: Lost-wax casting in Israel [103] or the Indus Valley [104] 4400 BC: Fired bricks in China. [105] 4000 BC: Probable time period of the first diamond-mines in the world, in Southern India. [106] 4000 BC: Paved roads, in and around the Mesopotamian city of Ur, Iraq. [107] 4000 BC: Plumbing.
ISBN. 978-0393049343. The History of White People is a 2010 book by Nell Irvin Painter, in which the author explores the idea of whiteness throughout history, beginning with ancient Greece and continuing through the beginning of scientific racism in early modern Europe to 19th- through 21st-century America. [citation needed]