Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - February 2014 | Page 54

Black History Month: Li le Known but Amazing Facts - p3

Fact #4
O s Boykin invented
electronic control
devices for guided
missiles, IBM computers
and pacemakers. He
would receive almost a
dozen patents over his
life me.

Earth's far-outer
atmosphere and
highlighted a variety of
celes al objects from
the perspec ve of the
lunar surface.
Carruthers was
inducted into the
Na onal Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2003.

Fact #8

Fact #5
On March 17, 1896,
C.B. Brooks
patented the
mechanical street
sweeper, a truck
equipped with
brooms. Also
notable for a patent
on an early handheld paper punch.

Fact #6
The "strongbox," a
locked container used
to store money and
other valuable items,
was invented by Henry
Brown.

Fact #7
George Carruthers helmed the group of
scien sts that created the far ultraviolet
camera/spectrograph, used in the 1972
Apollo 16 flight to the moon. His
inven on revealed new features in
54 - Nu Vibez Magazine - February 2014

In 1897, African-American
inventor Alfred L. Cralle
patented the first ice
cream scoop. His original
design remains in wide
use.

Fact #9
African-American mechanical engineer
David Crosthwait, Jr. created the hea ng
systems for New York's Rockefeller
Center and Radio City
Music Hall.

Fact #10
Engineer David
Crosthwait, Jr. held 39
U.S. patents and 80
interna onal patents
pertaining to hea ng, refrigera on,