Montgomery, Benjamin
1819-1877 · Contribution: 1850s
Transportation
Steam-powered boat propeller for shallow water navigation
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- Born
- 1819-1877
- Active since
- 1850s
- Category
- Transportation
Impact on the world
Montgomery's shallow-water propeller addressed a real navigation problem, and the refusal to patent it exposed how the law denied enslaved inventors ownership of their ideas.
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