1. LAWTON HIGH SCHOOL
Celebrates BLACK HISTORY MONTH
by Honoring Innovative INVENTORS

2. Inventor of the Carbon Filament in the Light Bulbs
Lewis H. Latimer- Engineer, Inventor
And Draftsman
Inventor of the Carbon Filament in the Light Bulbs
Patent date: January 1882

3. Patent Date: July 1891

4. Scientist and Inventor Patent Date: 1962
James West
Scientist and Inventor
Patent Date: 1962
Dr. James E. West and a colleague, Gerhard Sessler, developed the mic (officially known as the Electroacoustic Transducer Electret Microphone).

5. Patent Date: December 1899
*First African-American
Faculty Member for
Harvard University
*Dr. George Franklin
Inventor and Dentist

6. Inventor of the Ironing Board: SARAH BOONE
Patent Date: December 1887

7. Dr. Shirley Jackson
First African-American woman to receive a doctorate from M.I.T.
Dr. Jackson enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.

8. National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1997
Co-Inventor of Microcomputer System
Patent Date: 1985

9. John Love Inventor of the Pencil Sharpener
Patent Date: Nov 1897

10. Rotary Blade Lawn Mower (Early Lawn Mower)
John Albert Burr- Inventor
Patent Date: May 1899

11. Eye Cataract Remover through Laser Device
Patent Date: 1988

12. Robert F. Fleming, Jr.
Inventor of the Early Guitar
Patent Date: March 1886

13. Inventor of the Fire Extinguisher
Thomas J. Martin
Inventor of the Fire Extinguisher
Patent Date: March 1872

14. Frederick Jones- Inventor
Patent Date: 1935
Frederick Jones- Inventor
Mr. Jones was an inventor best known for the development of refrigeration equipment used to transport food and blood during World War II.

15. Jerry Lawson brought interchangeable video games into people's homes with the invention of the Fairchild Channel F, the precursor which paved the way for Playstation, Wii and Xbox.

16. Patent Date: 1969
George Carruthers
Scientist and Inventor
Mr. Carruthers created inventions, such as the ultraviolet camera, or spectograph, which was used by NASA in the 1972 Apollo 16 flight, revealing the mysteries of space and the Earth's atmosphere

17. Madam CJ Walker
Inventor of Hair Care Products and
Straightening Comb

19. LAWTON HIGH SCHOOL Thank you for celebrating BLACK History Month with
Created by Kimberly Jones, Science Teacher
Thank you for celebrating BLACK
History Month with
LAWTON HIGH SCHOOL

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