Granville Woods Famous AfricanAmerican Inventor

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Granville WoodsFamous African-American
Inventor

• Juliana Jamison
• Ms. Green
• 2/22/06

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Introduction slide

• Granville Woods was born on April 23,1856 in
  Columbus, Ohio and he died in 1910
• He spent his early years in school until the age
  of 10 he began working in a machine shop.
• He become an electrical and mechanical engineer

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Inventions

• Granville Woods first patent was for a steam
  boiler furnace in 1884 and invented a system
  called telegraphony in 1885 . He also invented
  the
• electromechanical and electromagnetic brakes in
  1887

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How much money did Granville Woods have?

• He had 229,854 money with all his jobs and
  inventions and opened his own company

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What type of family did they have?

• Granville Woods left school and went to work at
  the age of 10 to support his family

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Where did Granville Woods live?

• He was born in Columbus, Ohio and moved to
  Springfield, Illinois.

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How important was the invention?

• He had over 50 patents that included circuits,
  telegraph, telephone, and phonograph, His
  inventions changed our lives for the better. He
  was called the Black Thomas Edison

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Citations

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