Celebrating Black Inventors (Part E)

Black Inventor Name: Clarence L. Elder
Patent #: 3,165,188
Date Patented: 1/12/1965
Item Patented: Timing device
Patent #: 3,367,525
Date Patented: 2/6/1968
Item Patented: Non-capsizable container
Patent #: 3,556,531
Date Patented: 1/19/1971
Item Patented: Sweepstake programmer
Patent #: 3,594,003
Date Patented: 7/20/1971
Item Patented: Programmed association game
Patent #: 3,770,269
Date Patented: 11/6/1973
Item Patented: Random unit generator amusement device
Patent #: 4,000,400
Date Patented: 12/28/1976
Item Patented: Bidirectional monitoring and control system

Black Inventor Name: Thomas Elkins
Patent #: 100,020
Date Patented: 2/22/1870
Item Patented: Combined dining, ironing table, and quilting frame
Patent #: 122,518
Date Patented: 1/9/1872
Item Patented: Chamber commode
Patent #: 221,222
Date Patented: 11/4/1879
Item Patented: Refrigerating apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Philip Emeagwali
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: multi
Item Patented: Hyperball computer networks

Black Inventor Name: Philip E. Emile
Patent #: 2,982,868
Date Patented: 5/2/1961
Item Patented: Transistorized gating circuit
Patent #: 3,005,963
Date Patented: 10/24/1961
Item Patented: Transistorized multivibrator circuit adapted to oscillate for only a predetermined time

Black Inventor Name: Robert L. Engram
Patent #: 3,806,938
Date Patented: 4/23/1974
Item Patented: Shock falsing inhibitor circuit for a plural tone receiver

Black Inventor Name: John H. Evans
Patent #: 591,095
Date Patented: 10/5/1897
Item Patented: Convertible settee and bed


Making That Move!

Wow! Hubby and I were in church (sitting on the first pew) and at the end of service Pastor had an alter call and I'll be darn, he called us down to pray for anyone who needed prayer. He also called about 10 other couples too, but I'm not talking about them, I'm talking about us! What? We've never done that before, I sure hope God told him that we were ready, because I couldn't even answer if we were ready or not. I also know that we're not going to gain any experience if we don't step out on faith. So of course, I was standing up there praying that God uses me to help His people in need. We had prayer requests for bill-paying, a new job, parents being open to interracial relationships, and even parents being open to dating of a different religion. I definitely sealed my thoughts on whether I feel sentiment for other people. One person came up to us crying, and without either of us saying a word, I hugged her and had just as many crocodile tears coming out of my eyes as she did hers. I can recall doing that same thing about four years ago, and actually feeling this person was going to kill herself. Whew... that's for another day. Anyway, this is surely something we've never done before, but we did a great job. We're going to meet with Pastor on Friday, hopefully he'll tell us more about his plans in using us. I spoke with Hubby about it, and he's definitely into going where God wants him to go.

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“He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.” (Proverbs 21:21)

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