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Andrew Jackson Beard (March 29, 1849 – May 10, 1921) was an African American inventor, who introduced five improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and 1899, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2006 for this achievement.
The diagram from Beard's 1897 coupler patent [1]. Janney couplers were first patented in 1873 by Eli H. Janney (U.S. patent 138,405). [2] [3] Andrew Jackson Beard was amongst various inventors that made a multitude of improvements to the knuckle coupler; [1] Beard's patents were U.S. patent 594,059 granted 23 November 1897, which then sold for approximately $50,000, and U.S. patent 624,901 ...
John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) was the first U.S. president to have notable facial hair, with long sideburns. [3] But the first major departure from the tradition of clean-shaven chief executives was Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865), [4] [5] [6] who was supposedly (and famously) influenced by a letter received from an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell, to start growing a beard to improve ...
The professional who has led the efforts over 15 years to preserve and sustain The Hermitage and tell Jackson's story is Howard Kittell, CEO of The Andrew Jackson Foundation.. On Episode 378 of ...
Dr. Daniel Feller, professor of history and editor/director, The Papers of Andrew Jackson, reads a passage in 2016 from the 13th volume, a thick book covering the year of 1831. Feller and two ...
Andrew Jackson Beard: 1849 Janney coupler for railroad cars [244] 2006 Andrew Smith Hallidie: 1836 Cable car [245] 2006 Benjamin Holt: 1849 Track-type tractor [246] 2006 Beulah Louise Henry: 1887 Ice cream freezer [247] 2006 Birdsill Holly: 1820 Fire hydrant [248] 2006 Bob Kahn: 1938 Internet Protocol (IP) [249] 2006 Carl Bosch: 1874
A. Samuel Abbot; Frank Abbott (dentist) Edward Goodrich Acheson; Isaac Adams Jr. Isaac Adams (inventor) Timothy Alden (inventor) Charles Alderton; Cyrus Alger
Andrew Garfield grew 'really horrible beard' and wore 'f---ed up clothes' to deal with Spider-Man fame. Raechal Shewfelt. October 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM. Garfield had plans to confront the paparazzi.