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Benjamin Banneker Inventor of the First Clock in America
In 1753 at the age of 22, Banneker completed a wooden clock that struck on the hour. He appears to have modeled his clock from a borrowed pocket watch by carving each piece to scale. The clock continued to work until Banneker’s death. After his father died in 1759, Banneker lived with his mother […]
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Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) Benjamin Banneker was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist, and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. He is known for being part of a group […]
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