Over the course of his lifetime, Granville Woods obtained more than 50 patents for inventions including an automatic brake and an egg incubator and for improvements to other technologies such as the safety circuit, telegraph, telephone, and phonograph.

2014年4月2日 · Known as "Black Edison," Granville Woods was an African American inventor who made key contributions to the development of the telephone, streetcar and more.

2020年1月28日 · Granville T. Woods (April 23, 1856–Jan. 30, 1910) was a Black inventor so successful that he was sometimes referred to as "The Black Edison." He dedicated his life's work to developing a variety of inventions, many relating to the railroad industry.

2007年1月17日 · Granville T. Woods was a prominent inventor and electrical engineer who developed inventions that were awarded 27 patents by the U.S. Patent Office between 1884 and 1903. Because of his significant electrical inventions he is known as the “Black Edison.”

Granville T. Woods invented more than a dozen devices to improve electric railway cars and many more for controlling the flow of electricity. His most noted invention was a system for letting the engineer of a train know how close his train was to others.

His inventions were so prolific that he is often known as "The Black Edison," but unlike Thomas Edison, Woods was considered fortunate to receive an education to help him on the road to his inventions because during this time period, few Black children ever saw the inside of a classroom.

Granville Woods, an African-American inventor, made significant contributions to the development of the railway and electrical systems, holding over 60 patents.

2024年7月28日 · Explore the legacy of Granville T. Woods, an African American inventor whose innovations in electrical engineering and transportation revolutionized technology in the late 19th century.

2020年5月31日 · Granville Tailer Woods was an inventor who held more than 60 patents in the U.S. He was the first American of African ancestry to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.

In 1887, he invented what many consider to be his greatest contribution: the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, which allowed communications between train stations and moving trains. Train accidents and collisions were causing great concern to both the public and the railways at the time.