Dr. Henry T. Sampson and Dr. George H. Miley (both pictured at right), are two engineering professor teaching in Illinois. Though it looks like Sampson has since retired from teaching and now writes books on the history of blacks in theater and movies. In 1971 they jointly obtained a patent for their own version of a “Gamma Electric Cell” they designed to convert gamma rays into electrical output.
Sampson was also employed once at a Naval Weapons station in California where he worked on developing binders for rocket propellant. It is alleged that he also holds patents that grew out of this research.
Henry T. Sampson, a Mulatto, could be considered a significant black scientist. However, that is not what the Afro-mythologists are calling him. Last year CofCC.org actually received an e-mails from a parent who’s child was asked to write reports on Sampson, because “he invented the cell phone.”
Apparently the Afro-Mythologists saw the words “gamma,” and “cell” and said “hot dog” a Negro invented the cell phone. Now the media and the public schools are propagandizing this false and easily disprovable claim.
It is also noteworthy, that absolutely none of the Afro-mythologists mention that the patent in question was jointly obtained with a white scientist! Nor do they mention that the first patent for a device that converts gamma rays into electricity was obtained by white scientist Bernard Gross in 1964.
What does converting gamma rays into electricity have to do with cell phones? Absolutely nothing!
Who really invented the cell phone? Martin Cooper, pictured at right is considered to be the father of the cell phone.
In 1973 Cooper took out a patent for his new invention the “radio telephone system.” When Cooper first walked onto the streets of New York with it, people were stunned. Cooper remains in a leader in communications innovation to this day.
So what have we learned?
Henry T. Sampson, was not the first to convert gamma rays to electricity. A white scientist did it first seven years earlier.
Sampson only co-created a similar device with a white scientist.
That device had nothing to do with cellular phone technology and has no bearing whatsoever on the history of the cell phone.
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LOL! Black history month, all about the boombox and break dancning! Make sure to celebrate with watermelon and fried chicken!
Niggers have done absolutely nothing to advance Western civilization and yet here they are in the greatest of Western civilizations hogging an entire month for their WORTHLESS asses.
Niggers are spoiled little lazy liars.
I guarantee you it was a White person that said that Black people invented the cell phone. This is another crazy article. Instead of praising the things that people have done, then condemn something that no one cares about. I have never seen in any Black history book, or reference, where a Black person invented the cell phone.
Black people, however, did create: air conditioning(Frederick M. Jones), the clothes dryer(G.T. Sampson),the elevator(Alexander Miles), the fountain pen(W.B. Purvis), the gas mask(Garret Morgan), the horse-shoe(J.Ricks, 1885), the ironing board(Sarah Boone,1887), the lawn mower(L.A. Burr), the mail box, peanut butter, riding saddles, the refrigerator, the PHONE TRANSMITTER(not cell phone), traffic light, thermostat control, they type write and many others.
Wow Jarius, anyone who didn’t actually know the facts may believe your bullshit, especially since you started out so sincerely.
Black people, however, did create: air conditioning(Frederick M. Jones)
Incorrect!
The Air Conditioner was actually patented 43 years earlier by Dr. Willis Carrier. Dr. Willis Carrier built the first machine to control both the temperature and humidity of indoor air. He received the first of many patents in 1906 (US patent #808897, for the “Apparatus for Treating Air”). In 1911 he published the formula that became the scientific basis for air conditioning design, and four years later formed the Carrier Engineering Corporation to develop and manufacture AC systems.
BTW: Dr Carrier was…white.
the lawn mower(L.A. Burr)
Incorrect!
English engineer Edwin Budding invented the first reel-type lawn mower (with blades arranged in a cylindrical pattern) and had it patented in England in 1830.
Mr. Budding…white…
the clothes dryer(G.T. Sampson)
Incorrect!
The “clothes-drier” described in Sampson’s patent was actually a rack for holding clothes near a stove, and was intended as an “improvement” on similar contraptions:
Here are Mr. Sampson’s OWN WORDS:My invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers…. The object of my invention is to suspend clothing in close relation to a stove by means of frames so constructed that they can be readily placed in proper position and put aside when not required for use.
So while he did invent a rack to sit near a stove, there were already 18 patents for similar devices.
It was a Frenchman by the name of Pochon in 1799 who built the first known tumble dryer — a crank-driven, rotating metal drum pierced with ventilation holes and held over heat. Electric tumble dryers appeared in the first half of the 20th century. While the basic design of Pochon’s dryer remained, the addition of an electric motor in place of a hand turned crank, made the dryer more appealing.
So Pochon…a WHITE man, invented the modern dryer. Your black hero invented a rack on which to hang clothes and even then, he was not the first to do so.
the elevator(Alexander Miles)
Incorrect!
Steam-powered hoisting devices were used in England by 1800 fully seven years prior to this erroneous clam of a black inventor. Elisha Graves Otis’ 1853 “safety elevator” prevented the car from falling if the cable broke, and thus paved the way for the first commercial passenger elevator, installed in New York City’s Haughwout Department Store in 1857. The first electric elevator appeared in Mannheim, Germany in 1880, built by the German firm of Siemens and Halske. A self-closing shaft door was invented by J.W. Meaker in 1874 (“Improvement in Self-closing Hatchways,” US Patent No. 147,853). US patent #476416, 1892
the gas mask(Garret Morgan)
Incorrect!
The invention of the gas mask predates Morgan’s breathing device by several decades. Early versions were constructed by the Scottish chemist John Stenhouse in 1854 and the physicist John Tyndall in the 1870s, among many other inventors prior to World War I.
the ironing board(Sarah Boone,1887)
Incorrect!
Of the several hundred US patents on ironing boards granted prior to Sarah Boone’s, the first three went to William Vandenburg in 1858 (patents #19390, #19883, #20231). The first American female patentee of an ironing board is probably Sarah Mort of Dayton, Ohio, who received patent #57170 in 1866. In 1869, Henry Soggs of Columbus, Pennsylvania earned US patent #90966 for an ironing board resembling the modern type, with folding legs, adjustable height, and a cover. Another nice example of a modern-looking board was designed by J.H. Mallory in 1871, patent #120296.
I could IN FACT disprove every single thing you have said. In a nut shell, Blacks were NEVER the first to invent any of the things you have said.
Now, I will not call you a liar, because I don’t know if you’re simply misinformed or deliberately misleading, but now that you have the truth. You would most definitely be a liar to continue to assert that blacks invented any of the things you claim.
Anyone can look up these patents and see, but the Politically Correct liars, who have an agenda are counting on the fact that people will not go through the trouble.
BTW: Of all the black people who could have signified a race, why in the hell did these same elite choose King? For GOD’s sake, that little vile man was an avowed communist, drug user and repeat sexual offender! But for some reason, black people are perfectly content to have that CREATURE as their god.
I swear with the liberal creeps pushing the black agenda, you people don’t need any other enemy.
you fucking rese fucker black people invented the phone that you use fuck you pussy i will fuck you up i hope you and your famliy burn in hell your friends too fucker
Americans invented alot of things here in the good old USA. Not african-american, white, spanish etc but just plain AMERICANS!
Another thing you can’t reason with uneducated individuals like JamesTheJust. This fool uses foul uneducated comments. People like him don’t go far in life. This white trash probable lives in the hills.
Ignore the white trash comments they don’t know any better. Their still living in the 50′s 60′s which are long gone!!!
Jarius your statement is nothing but ridiculous.
I will pray for all the white trash in our great country!
Jamesthejust–the only thing you left off of your name is …a FOOL!!
YOU dumb Ass…those niggers haven’t invented most of what we use today…..they even invented YOUR MAMA…because all races come out of them!!
Jarius you are a fucking liar and moron.
All can be researched on Wikipedia. Your enlisted niggers didn’t invented any of those except peanut butter.
That’s all there is. That’s what niggers invented. Peanut butter. All other stuff you mentioned were invented by whites from Europe and America.
Your enlisted niggers didn’t invented any of those except peanut butter.
Sorry, but they didn’t invent peanut butter either…
Peanuts, which are native to the New World tropics, were mashed into paste by Aztecs hundreds of years ago. Evidence of modern peanut butter comes from US patent #306727 issued to Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec in 1884, for a process of milling roasted peanuts between heated surfaces until the peanuts reached “a fluid or semi-fluid state.” As the product cooled, it set into what Edson described as “a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment.” In 1890, George A. Bayle Jr., owner of a food business in St. Louis, manufactured peanut butter and sold it out of barrels. J.H. Kellogg, of cereal fame, secured US patent #580787 in 1897 for his “Process of Preparing Nutmeal,” which produced a “pasty adhesive substance” that Kellogg called “nut-butter.”
Whites really shouldn’t blame blacks for these lies. They are only repeating lies that they’ve heard. They, like most people, are too damned lazy to research things for themselves before believing them.
What did you invent Jeff? I am not a moron. Morons have to use profanity to express themselves because they have limited vocabulary skills. You are nothing more than a blind individual who is ignorant to the world around him. First of all, no academiac would use Wikepedia as a source. Secondly, there is no race of people formally called “Nigger.” If they are Niggers than you are nothing better than they. Little children call each other names, and also adults who have no control over their emotions, which makes them nothing more than a grown child.
I guess that shut Jeff up. I don’t know why I am surprised of the extreme ignorance of people.
I’m not going to pretend that racism doesn’t exist, but for you all to act the way you are acting is simply sad. We as HUMAN BEINGS have all had some contribution to the growth and set backs of our society. It would be nice to live in a world where the months aren’t segregated! I pray for you all! If you would like to respond please respond with dignity and save the vulgarity!
Good Job, Jarius. I am so happy you did not bring yourself down to Jeff’s level. Regardless of what we (African Americans) do in history someone will want to discredit us. I am the chair person of the Black History Committee at the school that I teach at and it is amazing how some of our own children do not know the important contributions that we have made to society because of the lack of knowledge. We have the shortest month in the year to share our culture with others. Thank you Carter G. Woodson for starting this wonderful month (originally called Negro History Week), and we still have people wanting to take away the knowledge we have come to acquire about great people like Harry T. Sampson, Madame C.J. Walker, Elijah McCoy and Lewis Latimer. Thank you author of the article and bloggers for reminding me that racism still exist and that these reacist are producing children that I teach everyday and that is why my some of my students act the way they do.
At least you have a month. European Americans have no month that ever mentions any of their contributions that tie in ethnic pride from having European ancestry. Never, ever is my ethnicity acknowledge with any kind of pride anywhere. St. Patrick’s day and Oktoberfest are about the closest. Both events glorifying alcohol. If you disagree, what month, day or week are known as European American History month. I know that there are plenty of very, very smart Black inventors…. however they had the benefit of being educated in America with White examples and influences that can only make them so much better. I am more interested in hearing about an African major accomplishment for the world that has no European influence or advantage. Surely their must be. Thank you.
I see we have some ignorant white people here, so let me dispel some notions that they DIDN’T teach you in your Eurocentric curriculums. Africa is the Mother of Civilization and that, unfortunately, includes Europe. Up until the construction of the Empire State Building, the pyramids in Kemet, which mean land of the black faces, were the tallest structures on the face of the earth. Europeans, up until 500 years ago, thought the earth was flat, while Africans were mapping out the stars 10,000 years ago.
Africans began mining in Swaziland 43,000 years ago. What were Europeans doing back then? The concept of one God first came from Africa and the name of that God was Amen who Christians still use is their prayers today. The moral of the story is that Europeans know very little about their history, let alone African history. No matter how you want to twist or turn it, Africa predates all Western Civilizations by thousands of years. I can careless about racism and bigotry on the behalf of Europeans because everything you learned today was taught to you by Africans. Aristotle, Herodotus, Thales and Hipocrates all studied in Kemet (Egypt) and were taught by the very niggers you hate today. Know your history…….it will teach you who the real grandmasters of this planet are!!!
C’mon man…. by 1750, Europeans far out paced Africans at every level. We had ships that went around the world and you had canoes. We had guns and you had arrows and spears. All the latest inventions, medicines, air travel, electronics of every magnitude that you enjoy everyday, come from Europeans and European Americans. You owe all the luxuries of today’s life to people of European and Asian ancestry.
I feel bad for Jarius. Jarius was neglected, sexually and mentally abuse. That’s why we as parents should pay close attention to our kids. You may think it is cute that your child is saying “This is MINE, MINE, MINE, ME, ME est. Give them love and confirm it with them. Jarius was not loved as a child by his parent, that’s why he grew up a Selfish SELFISH, ANGERY, MONSTER. Jarius does not have the love of Jesus in his heart. Jarius I’ll show you love and will continue to pray for you. GOD Bless!!!!!!! LOVE THY NEIGHBOR you’ll feel better. I hope you feel better the next day. Take care. We all are from the human race, mankind. Love each other!!!!!!!
Pepjrp, you are completely correct.. Who cares who were the first on this earth, and what happened 3000 years ago when the Alien’s came and made the pyramid’s? Its about evolution and not that I’m racist, but blacks are just more primitive then there counterparts.. What’s truly a shame is how Africa a continent so rich is resources cannot be harvested by its people, and the people are walking around with distended stomachs, and flies on there eyes because of it.. Listen it will always be brains over brawn, and blacks unfortunately have more brawn then anything else, while the white man has the perfect mix of both….
martin luther king was the man.
You know I came to comment on this because I am sick and tired of niggers trying to lie about their so called history; niggers have very little or no history; let’s look at the FACTS; niggers have the lowest IQ of all the races; how could they have done even one quarter of what they claim since it takes an IQ of 90 on average to sustain a civilization; the niggers have an average of about 80 or less; this has been proven the world over and anyone who disputes it is living in denial and can’t face the truth. Niggers are useless; Somalia is starving right now as I write this; they can’t even feed themselves!; how can niggers claim all these things they claim and Africa looks like a shithole and has for thousands of years; because Egypt and Arabia are close or in Afria they will assume they are niggers; look at coins and artifacts; all of them have caucasoid features; these beasts are liars and really I think they are Demons in the flesh. Everything niggers touch turns to shit and everyone in the world knows it; so to even consider that niggers accomplished anything significant is purely delusional. I don’t care what garbage the internet sites try to promote, niggers were, are, and always will be 4th class citizens; they are the scum that scum is made of and are nothing but parasites, fungus, and diseases; humanity would be WAY better off if they didn’t exist at all, and every human knows this.