Sujet

Granville T. Woods, 1887. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Granville T. Woods, 1887. Inventor Granville Tailer Woods, the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Invented the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph which sent messages between train stations and moving trains. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A04_205

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

32,7Mo (989,1Ko) / 23,4cm x 35,1cm / 2761 x 4142 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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