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Name: ________________________________ Date: ______________________ African American Inventors Matching Worksheet Match the name of the inventor in the left column with their invention in the right column! Granville T. Woods (1856–1910) Dry cleaning method for clothing Lewis Latimer (1848–1928) Electric filament manufacturing techniques Garrett Morgan (1877–1963) Lubrication of steam engines Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) Portable refrigeration system for trucks The world’s fastest computer in 1989 Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) Directional microphone George Washington Carver (1864–1943) Sarah Breedlove also known as Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) Otis Frank Boykin (1920–1982) Patricia Era Bath (1942 – ) Marie van Brittan Brown (1922–1999) Wire precision resistor Laserphaco Probe – a medical device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts Home security system Seed planter Potato chip George Crum (1828–1914) Technique for isolating hormones from soybean oil Mark E. Dean (1957 – ) 3-D Viewing Glasses Charles Richard Drew (1904–1950) Telegraphony – a combination of a telephone and a telegraph Kenneth J. Dunkley (1939 – ) Philip Emeagwali (1954 – ) Betty Harris (1940 – ) Shirley Ann Jackson (1948 – ) Lonnie G. Johnson (1949 – ) Frederick McKinley Jones (1893 – 1961) Spot test for identifying explosives in the field The Supersoaker © Traffic signal Peanut butter and medicines created from peanuts Color PC Monitor and first gigahertz chip Valerie Thomas (1943 – ) Method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer Henry Blair (1807 – 1860) Multiple-effect evaporator (for sugar refining) Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) Paper-rewind mechanism for adding machines George Edward Alcorn, Jr. (1940 – ) Shoe making machine Shelby J. Davidson (1868–1930) African American hair care products John Henry Thompson (1959 – ) Lingo programming James Edward Maceo West (1931 – ) The illusion transmitter Percy Julian (1889 – 1975) Blood bank and system for long-term preservation of blood plasma Norbert Rillieux (1806 – 1894) Innovations in the field of telecommunications Prepared by the Center for History of Physics at AIP African American Inventors Matching Worksheet Solutions Inventor Invention Granville T. Woods (1856–1910) Telegraphony – a combination of a telephone and a telegraph Lewis Latimer (1848–1928) Electric filament manufacturing techniques Garrett Morgan (1877–1963) Traffic signal Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) Lubrication of steam engines Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) Shoe making machine George Washington Carver (1864–1943) Peanut butter and medicines created from peanuts Sarah Breedlove also known as Madam C. J. African American hair care products Walker (1867–1919) Otis Frank Boykin (1920–1982) Wire precision resistor Patricia Era Bath (1942 – ) Laserphaco Probe – a medical device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts Marie van Brittan Brown (1922–1999) Home security system George Crum (1828–1914) Potato chip Mark E. Dean (1957 – ) Color PC Monitor and first gigahertz chip Charles Richard Drew (1904–1950) Blood bank and system for long-term preservation of blood plasma Kenneth J. Dunkley (1939 – ) 3-D Viewing Glasses Philip Emeagwali (1954 – ) The world’s fastest computer in 1989 Betty Harris (1940 – ) Spot test for identifying explosives in the field Shirley Ann Jackson (1948 – ) Innovations in the field of telecommunications Lonnie G. Johnson (1949 – ) The Supersoaker © Frederick McKinley Jones (1893 – 1961) Portable refrigeration system for trucks Valerie Thomas (1943 – ) The illusion transmitter Henry Blair (1807 – 1860) Seed planter Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) Dry cleaning method for clothing George Edward Alcorn, Jr. (1940 – ) Method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer Shelby J. Davidson (1868–1930) Paper-rewind mechanism for adding machines John Henry Thompson (1959 – ) Lingo programming James Edward Maceo West (1931 – ) Directional microphone Percy Julian (1889 – 1975) Technique for isolating hormones from soybean oil Norbert Rillieux (1806 – 1894) Multiple-effect evaporator (for sugar refining) Prepared by the Center for History of Physics at AIP