Celebrating Black Inventors (Part P&Q)

My advice: Keep seeking the Lord.

Black Inventor Name: William D. Polite
Patent #: 1,218,458
Date Patented: 3/6/1917
Item Patented: Gun

Black Inventor Name: Austin J. Polk
Patent #: 558,103
Date Patented: 4/14/1896
Item Patented: Bicycle support

Black Inventor Name: Jessie T. Pope
Patent #: 2,409,791
Date Patented: 10/22/1946
Item Patented: Croquignole iron

Black Inventor Name: Alfred G. B. Prather
Patent #: 3,715,011
Date Patented: 2/6/1973
Item Patented: Gravity escape means

Black Inventor Name: Frank Rodger Prince
Patent #: 3,637,743
Date Patented: 1/25/1972
Item Patented: Production of 2-pyrrolidones

Black Inventor Name: Abraham Pugsley
Patent #: 433,306
Date Patented: 7/29/1890
Item Patented: Blind stop
Patent #: 433,819
Date Patented: 8/5/1890
Item Patented: Shutter worker

Black Inventor Name: Samuel Pugsley
Patent #: 357,787
Date Patented: 2/15/1887
Item Patented: Gate latch

Black Inventor Name: John E. Purdy (co-inventor Daniel A. Sadgwar)
Patent #: 405,117
Date Patented: 6/11/1889
Item Patented: Folding chair

Black Inventor Name: Walter Purdy
Patent #: 570,337
Date Patented: 10/27/1896
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools
Patent #: 609,367
Date Patented: 8/16/1898
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools
Patent #: 630,106
Date Patented: 8/1/1899
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools

Black Inventor Name: William H. Purdy(co-inventor Leonard C. Peters)
Patent #: D 24,228
Date Patented: 4/23/1895
Item Patented: Spoon design

Black Inventor Name: Willam B. Purvis
Patent #: 256,856
Date Patented: 4/25/1882
Item Patented: Fastener for bag
Patent #: 273,149
Date Patented: 2/27/1883
Item Patented: Hand stamp
Patent #: 293,353
Date Patented: 2/12/1884
Item Patented: Paper bag machine
Patent #: 419,065
Date Patented: 1/7/1890
Item Patented: Fountain pen
Patent #: 420,099
Date Patented: 1/28/1890
Item Patented: Paper bag machine
Patent #: 519,291
Date Patented: 5/1/1894
Item Patented: Electric railway
Patent #: 539,542
Date Patented: 5/21/1895
Item Patented: Magnetic car balancing device
Patent #: 588,176
Date Patented: 8/17/1897
Item Patented: Electrical railway system

Black Inventor Name: William Queen
Patent #: 458,131
Date Patented: 8/18/1891
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“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38,39)

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