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Africa is not only the original home of humanity, it is the cradle of its intellect. It was on Africa's savannahs, riverbanks, highlands, deserts, and forests that the first men and women used the power of their minds to shape their environment in ways that suited them. Here man established himself as a tool maker and hunter and advanced social animal. Over the course of millions of years, groups of prehistoric Africans of the genus Homo reasoned, judged, understood, and created the basis for much of the technology and industry that exists in the world today. John E. Pfeiffer.
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1

A.P. Abourne

Refining of coconut oil.

July 27, 1980

2

A. B. Blackburn
Spring seat for chairs. Patent# 380,420
April 3, 1888

3

A.C. Richardson

Casket-Lowering Device. Patent# 529,311

November 13, 1894

4

A.C. Richardson

Churn. Patent # 466,470

February 17, 1891

5 A.E. Long and A.A. Jones-- Caps For Bottles And Jars 1898

6 A.L. Lewis Window Cleaner 1892

7 A.L. Rickman Galoshes 1898

8

Anna M. Mangin

Pastry fork

March 1, 1892

9 Alexander P. Ashbourne Biscuit Cutter November, 1875

10 Alexander Miles Elevator and also safety device for elevators. Patent No. 371,207
October11, 1887

11 Alfred L. Cralle Ice Cream Scooper. Patent # 576,395 February 2,1897

12 Alice Parker Heating Furnace 1918

13 Andrew Beard Automatic Car Coupling Device 1897

14 Augustus Jackson Ice cream 1832

15

B. F. Cargill

Invalid cot. Patent# 629,658

July 25, 1899

16 B.F. Jackson Gas Burner

17 Benjamin Banneker Clock, Prints for Wash. DC 1st Almanac

18 Bessie V. Griffin Portable Receptacle 1951

19 C.B. Brook Street Sweeper 1896

20

C.V. Richey
Fire Escape Bracket. Patent # 596,427
December 28, 1897

21

C. W. Allen
Self Leveling table. Patent # 613,436
November 1, 1898

22

D. McCree

Portable Fire Escape. Patent # 440,322

November 11, 1890

23 Darryl Thomas Cattle Roping Apparatus

24 Dr. Charles Drew Invented Blood Banks And Established Them Around The World 1940

25 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Performed First Open Heart Surgery 1893

26 Edmond Berger Spark Plug

27 Elbert R. Robinson Electric Railway Trolley

28
Ellen Elgin Clothes Wringer 1880s

29 Elijah Mccoy Automatic Lubrication System (For Railroad And Heavy Machinery) 1892 July 2, 1872

30

Frederick Jones
Ticket Dispensing Machine. Patent # 2163754
June 27, 1939

31

Frederick Jones
Starter Generator. Patent # 2475842
July 12, 1949

32

Frederick Jones
Two-Cycle gasoline Engine. Patent # 2523273
November 28, 1950

33 Frederick Jones Air Condition. Patent # 2475841 July 12, 1949

34 Frederick Jones Portable X-Ray Machine

35

G.W. Murray
Cultivator and Marker. Patent # 517,961
April 10, 1894

36

G.W. Murray
Combined Furrow Opener and Stalk-Knocker. Patent # 517,960
April 10, 1894

37

G.W. Murray

Fertilizer Distributor. Patent# 520,889

June 5, 1894

38

G.W. Murray

Cotton Chopper. Patent # 520,888

June 5, 1894

39

G.W. Murray

Planter. Patent # 520,887

June 5, 1894

40
G. F. Grant Golf Tee. Patent # 638,920 December 12, 1899

41 G.T. Sampson Clothes Drier 1892

42 G.W. Kelley Steam Table 1897

43 Garret A. Morgan Gas Mask (Saved Many Lives During WWI) 1914

44

George Alcorn
Fabrication of spectrometer. Patent # 4,618,380
October 21, 1986

45

George Tolivar

Ship's propeller

46 George Washington Carver Peanut Butter 1900

47 George Washington Carver 300 products from peanuts, 118 products from the sweet potato and 75 from the pecan. 1900-1943

48 Garret A. Morgan Automatic Traffic Signal 1923

49 Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin Corner Cleaner Attachment. Patent # 3,715,772
February 13, 1973

50 Granville Woods Telephone (His Telephone Was Far Superior To Alexander Graham Bell's) Dec. 2,1884

51 Granville Woods Trolley Car 1888

52 Granville Woods Multiplex Telegraph System (Allowed Messages To Be Sent And Received From Moving Trains) 1887

53 Granville Woods Railway Air Brakes (The First Safe Method Of Stopping Trains) 1903

54 Granville Woods Steam Boiler/Radiator 1884

55 Granville Woods-- Third Rail (Subway)

56

H. Grenon
Razor Stropping Device. Patent # 554,867
February 18, 1896

57

H.H. Reynolds
Window Ventilator for Railroad Cars. Patent No.275,271
April 3, 1883

58 H.A. Jackson Kitchen Table

59 Henry Blair Mechanical Seed Planter 1830

60 Henry Blair Mechanical Corn Harvester

61

Henry Single

Patented an Improved Fish Hook. He sold it later for $625.

1854

62 Henry Sampson Cellular Phone 7/6/1971

63 I.O. Carter Nursery Chair 1960

64 Issac R. Johnson Bicycle Frame

65

J. A. Joyce

Ore Bucket. Patent # 603,143

April 26, 1898

66

J. Hawkins

Patented the Gridiron

March 3, 1845

67 J. Gregory Motor

68 J.A. Sweeting Cigarette Roller 1897

69 J.B. Winters Fire Escape Ladder

70

J. H. Hunter

Portable Weighing Scales. Patent # 570,533

November 3, 1896

71 J.F. Pickering Air Ship 1892

72

J. H. Robinson
Lifesaving guards for Street Cars. Patent# 623,929
April 25, 1899

73

J. Robinson

Dinner Pail. Patent# 356,852

February 1, 1887

74

J. W. Reed
Dough Kneader and Roller. Patents# 304,552
September 2, 1884

75

J. Ross

Bailing Press. Patent # 632,539

Sept 05, 1899

76 J.H. White Convertible Sette (A Large Sofa) 1892

77 J.H. White Lemon Squeezer 1896

78 J.L. Love Pencil Sharpener. Patent # 594,114 23 November 1897

79 J.S. Smith Lawn Sprinkler. Patent # 581,785 May 4, 1897

80 James Forten Sailing Apparatus 1850

81 James S. Adams Airplane Propelling

82 Jan Matzelinger Automatic Shoe Making Machine 1883

83 Joan Clark Medicine Tray 1987

84 John A. Johnson Wrench

85 John Burr Lawn Mower

86

John Parker
"Parker Pulverizer" Follower-Screw for Tobacco Presses. Patent# 304,552
September 2, 1884

87 John Standard Refrigerator

88 Joseph Gammel Supercharge System for Internal Combustion Engine

89 Joseph N. Jackson Programmable Remote Control

90 L.C. Bailey Folding Bed 1899

91

L. Bell

Locomotive smoke stack. Patent# 115,153

May 23, 1871

92

L. F. Brown

Bridle bit. Patent # 484,994

October 25, 1892

93 L.S. Burridge And N.R. Marsham Typewriter 1885

94 Lewis Howard Latimer Light Bulb Filament

95 Lewis Temple Toggle Harpoon (Revolutionized The Whaling Industry) 1848

96 Lloyd A. Hall Chemical compound to preserve meat

97 Lloyd P. Ray Dust Pan

98

Lydia Holmes

Wood Toys. Patent # 2,529,692

November 14, 1950

99 Lydia O. Newman Hair brush

100 M.C. Harney Lantern/Lamp Aug.19, 1884

101 Madam. C. Walker Hair Care Products 1905

102

Majorie Joyner
Permanent hair wave machine. Patent # 1693515
November 27, 1928

103 Madeline M. Turner The Fruit Press 1916

104 Marie V. Brittan Brown Security System. Patent # 3,482,037
December 2, 1969

105

Manley West
Discovered compound in canibis to cure glaucoma.
1980-1987

106 Norbett Rillieux Sugar Refining System 1846

107

O.B. Clare

Rail Tresle. Patent# 390,753

October 9, 1888

108
O. E. Brown Horse Shoe 8/23/1892

109 Onesimus Small Pox Inoculation (He Brought This Method From Africa Where Advance Medical Practices Were In Use Long Before Europeans Had Any Medical Knowledge) 1721

110 Paul E Williams Helicopter

111 Peter Walker Machine for Cleaning Seed Cotton

112 Phillip Downing Letter Drop Mailbox. Patent # 462,096 October 27, 1891

113 Philip Emeagwali Accurate Weather Forecasting 1990

114
Philip Emeagwali Hyperball Computer April 1996

115
Philip Emeagwali Improved Petroleum Recovery 1990

116
Philip Emeagwali World's Fastest Computer 1989

117

R.A. Butler

Train alarm. Patent #157,370

June 15, 1897

118 R.P. Scott Corn Silker 1894

119 Richard Spikes Automatic Gear Shift

120 Robert Flemming Jr. Guitar March 3, 1886

121

S. H. Love
Improvement to military guns. Patent # 1301143.
22 April 1919

122

S. H. Love
Improve Vending Machine. Patent # 1936515
November 21, 1933

123 Sara E. Goode Cabinet Bed 1885

124 Rufus Stokes Patent #3,378,241 Exhaust Purifier April 16, 1968

125 Sarah Boone Ironing Board April 26, 1892

126 T. Elkins Toilet 1897

127

T. J. Byrd

Rail car coupling . Patent# 157,370

December 1, 1874

128 Thomas Carrington Range Oven 1876

129

Thomas J.Martin

Patented the Fire Extinguisher

March 26, 1872

130 Thomas W. Stewart Mop 1893

131

Virgie M. Ammons
Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool. Patent # 3,908,633
September 30, 1975

132 W. A. Lovette The Advance Printing Press

133

W. F. Burr
Railway Switching device . Patent # 636,197
Oct.31,1899

134

W. H. Ballow
Combined hatrack and table. Patent # 601,422
March 29, 1898

135

W.S. Campbell
Self-setting animal trap. Patent# 246,369
August 30, 1881

136 W. Johnson Egg Beater 1884

137 W.B. Purvis The Fountain Pen 1890

138 W.D. Davis Riding Saddles
October 6, 1895

139 W.H. Sammons Hot Comb 1920

140 W.S. Grant Curtain Rod Support 1896

141 William Barry Postmarking and Canceling machine

142 Wm. Harwell Attachment for shuttle arm; device used to capture satellites

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1	A.P. Abourne	Refining of coconut oil.	July 27, 1980
2	A. B. Blackburn	Spring seat for chairs. Patent# 380,420	April 3, 1888
3	A.C. Richardson	Casket-Lowering Device. Patent# 529,311	November 13, 1894
4	A.C. Richardson	Churn. Patent # 466,470	February 17, 1891
5	A.E. Long and A.A. Jones--	Caps For Bottles And Jars	1898
6	A.L. Lewis	Window Cleaner	1892
7	A.L. Rickman	Galoshes	1898
8	Anna M. Mangin	Pastry fork	March 1, 1892
9	Alexander P. Ashbourne	Biscuit Cutter	November, 1875
10	Alexander Miles	Elevator and also safety device for elevators. Patent No. 371,207	October11, 1887
11	Alfred L. Cralle	Ice Cream Scooper. Patent # 576,395	February 2,1897
12	Alice Parker	Heating Furnace	1918
13	Andrew Beard	Automatic Car Coupling Device	1897
14	Augustus Jackson	Ice cream	1832
15	B. F. Cargill	Invalid cot. Patent# 629,658	July 25, 1899
16	B.F. Jackson	Gas Burner
17	Benjamin Banneker	Clock, Prints for Wash. DC 1st Almanac
18	Bessie V. Griffin	Portable Receptacle	1951
19	C.B. Brook	Street Sweeper	1896
20	C.V. Richey	Fire Escape Bracket. Patent # 596,427	December 28, 1897
21	C. W. Allen	Self Leveling table. Patent # 613,436	November 1, 1898
22	D. McCree	Portable Fire Escape. Patent # 440,322	November 11, 1890
23	Darryl Thomas	Cattle Roping Apparatus
24	Dr. Charles Drew	Invented Blood Banks And Established Them Around The World	1940
25	Dr. Daniel Hale Williams	Performed First Open Heart Surgery	1893
26	Edmond Berger	Spark Plug
27	Elbert R. Robinson	Electric Railway Trolley
28	Ellen Elgin	Clothes Wringer	1880s
29	Elijah Mccoy	Automatic Lubrication System (For Railroad And Heavy Machinery) 1892	July 2, 1872
30	Frederick Jones	Ticket Dispensing Machine. Patent # 2163754	June 27, 1939
31	Frederick Jones	Starter Generator. Patent # 2475842	July 12, 1949
32	Frederick Jones	Two-Cycle gasoline Engine. Patent # 2523273	November 28, 1950
33	Frederick Jones	Air Condition. Patent # 2475841	July 12, 1949
34	Frederick Jones	Portable X-Ray Machine
35	G.W. Murray	Cultivator and Marker. Patent # 517,961	April 10, 1894
36	G.W. Murray	Combined Furrow Opener and Stalk-Knocker. Patent # 517,960	April 10, 1894
37	G.W. Murray	Fertilizer Distributor. Patent# 520,889	June 5, 1894
38	G.W. Murray	Cotton Chopper. Patent # 520,888	June 5, 1894
39	G.W. Murray	Planter. Patent # 520,887	June 5, 1894
40	G. F. Grant	Golf Tee. Patent # 638,920	December 12, 1899
41	G.T. Sampson	Clothes Drier	1892
42	G.W. Kelley	Steam Table	1897
43	Garret A. Morgan	Gas Mask (Saved Many Lives During WWI)	1914
44	George Alcorn	Fabrication of spectrometer. Patent # 4,618,380	October 21, 1986
45	George Tolivar	Ship's propeller
46	George Washington Carver	Peanut Butter	1900
47	George Washington Carver	300 products from peanuts, 118 products from the sweet potato and 75 from the pecan.	1900-1943
48	Garret A. Morgan	Automatic Traffic Signal	1923
49	Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin	Corner Cleaner Attachment. Patent # 3,715,772	February 13, 1973
50	Granville Woods	Telephone (His Telephone Was Far Superior To Alexander Graham Bell's)	Dec. 2,1884
51	Granville Woods	Trolley Car	1888
52	Granville Woods	Multiplex Telegraph System (Allowed Messages To Be Sent And Received From Moving Trains)	1887
53	Granville Woods	Railway Air Brakes (The First Safe Method Of Stopping Trains) 1903
54	Granville Woods	Steam Boiler/Radiator	1884
55	Granville Woods--	Third Rail (Subway)
56	H. Grenon	Razor Stropping Device. Patent # 554,867	February 18, 1896
57	H.H. Reynolds	Window Ventilator for Railroad Cars. Patent No.275,271	April 3, 1883
58	H.A. Jackson	Kitchen Table
59	Henry Blair	Mechanical Seed Planter	1830
60	Henry Blair	Mechanical Corn Harvester
61	Henry Single	Patented an Improved Fish Hook. He sold it later for $625.	1854
62	Henry Sampson	Cellular Phone	7/6/1971
63	I.O. Carter	Nursery Chair	1960
64	Issac R. Johnson	Bicycle Frame
65	J. A. Joyce	Ore Bucket. Patent # 603,143	April 26, 1898
66	J. Hawkins	Patented the Gridiron	March 3, 1845
67	J. Gregory	Motor
68	J.A. Sweeting	Cigarette Roller	1897
69	J.B. Winters	Fire Escape Ladder
70	J. H. Hunter	Portable Weighing Scales. Patent # 570,533	November 3, 1896
71	J.F. Pickering	Air Ship	1892
72	J. H. Robinson	Lifesaving guards for Street Cars. Patent# 623,929	April 25, 1899
73	J. Robinson	Dinner Pail. Patent# 356,852	February 1, 1887
74	J. W. Reed	Dough Kneader and Roller. Patents# 304,552	September 2, 1884
75	J. Ross	Bailing Press. Patent # 632,539	Sept 05, 1899
76	J.H. White	Convertible Sette (A Large Sofa)	1892
77	J.H. White	Lemon Squeezer	1896
78	J.L. Love	Pencil Sharpener. Patent # 594,114	23 November 1897
79	J.S. Smith	Lawn Sprinkler. Patent # 581,785	May 4, 1897
80	James Forten	Sailing Apparatus	1850
81	James S. Adams	Airplane Propelling
82	Jan Matzelinger	Automatic Shoe Making Machine	1883
83	Joan Clark	Medicine Tray	1987
84	John A. Johnson	Wrench
85	John Burr	Lawn Mower
86	John Parker	"Parker Pulverizer" Follower-Screw for Tobacco Presses. Patent# 304,552	September 2, 1884
87	John Standard	Refrigerator
88	Joseph Gammel	Supercharge System for Internal Combustion Engine
89	Joseph N. Jackson	Programmable Remote Control
90	L.C. Bailey	Folding Bed	1899
91	L. Bell	Locomotive smoke stack. Patent# 115,153	May 23, 1871
92	L. F. Brown	Bridle bit. Patent # 484,994	October 25, 1892
93	L.S. Burridge And N.R. Marsham	Typewriter	1885
94	Lewis Howard Latimer	Light Bulb Filament
95	Lewis Temple	Toggle Harpoon (Revolutionized The Whaling Industry)	1848
96	Lloyd A. Hall	Chemical compound to preserve meat
97	Lloyd P. Ray	Dust Pan
98	Lydia Holmes	Wood Toys. Patent # 2,529,692	November 14, 1950
99	Lydia O. Newman	Hair brush
100	M.C. Harney	Lantern/Lamp	Aug.19, 1884
101	Madam. C. Walker	Hair Care Products	1905
102	Majorie Joyner	Permanent hair wave machine. Patent # 1693515	November 27, 1928
103	Madeline M. Turner	The Fruit Press	1916
104	Marie V. Brittan Brown	Security System. Patent # 3,482,037	December 2, 1969
105	Manley West	Discovered compound in canibis to cure glaucoma.	1980-1987
106	Norbett Rillieux	Sugar Refining System	1846
107	O.B. Clare	Rail Tresle. Patent# 390,753	October 9, 1888
108	O. E. Brown	Horse Shoe	8/23/1892
109	Onesimus	Small Pox Inoculation (He Brought This Method From Africa Where Advance Medical Practices Were In Use Long Before Europeans Had Any Medical Knowledge)	1721
110	Paul E Williams	Helicopter
111	Peter Walker	Machine for Cleaning Seed Cotton
112	Phillip Downing	Letter Drop Mailbox. Patent # 462,096	October 27, 1891
113	Philip Emeagwali	Accurate Weather Forecasting	1990
114	Philip Emeagwali	Hyperball Computer	April 1996
115	Philip Emeagwali	Improved Petroleum Recovery	1990
116	Philip Emeagwali	World's Fastest Computer	1989
117	R.A. Butler	Train alarm. Patent #157,370	June 15, 1897
118	R.P. Scott	Corn Silker	1894
119	Richard Spikes	Automatic Gear Shift
120	Robert Flemming Jr.	Guitar	March 3, 1886
121	S. H. Love	Improvement to military guns. Patent # 1301143.	22 April 1919
122	S. H. Love	Improve Vending Machine. Patent # 1936515	November 21, 1933
123	Sara E. Goode	Cabinet Bed	1885
124	Rufus Stokes Patent #3,378,241	Exhaust Purifier	April 16, 1968
125	Sarah Boone	Ironing Board	April 26, 1892
126	T. Elkins	Toilet	1897
127	T. J. Byrd	Rail car coupling . Patent# 157,370	December 1, 1874
128	Thomas Carrington	Range Oven	1876
129	Thomas J.Martin	Patented the Fire Extinguisher	March 26, 1872
130	Thomas W. Stewart	Mop	1893
131	Virgie M. Ammons	Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool. Patent # 3,908,633	September 30, 1975
132	W. A. Lovette	The Advance Printing Press
133	W. F. Burr	Railway Switching device . Patent # 636,197	Oct.31,1899
134	W. H. Ballow	Combined hatrack and table. Patent # 601,422	March 29, 1898
135	W.S. Campbell	Self-setting animal trap. Patent# 246,369	August 30, 1881
136	W. Johnson	Egg Beater	1884
137	W.B. Purvis	The Fountain Pen	1890
138	W.D. Davis	Riding Saddles	October 6, 1895
139	W.H. Sammons	Hot Comb	1920
140	W.S. Grant	Curtain Rod Support	1896
141	William Barry	Postmarking and Canceling machine
142	Wm. Harwell	Attachment for shuttle arm; device used to capture satellites