Black and STEMbruary, Day 7
Feb. 7th, 2025 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
justphoenix7. Benjamin Banneker
Today we go back to the 18th century, or as Andy would say, "horse times". Mr. Banneker was a free man living in a slave state. Despite recieving no formal education, he had sophisticated expertise in mechanics and astronomy. He predicted tides and eclipses. He built a clock just by looking at the way a watch was constructed. He also did surveying for what would become Washington, DC. and exchanged letters with Thomas Jefferson on the subject of civil rights.
Today we go back to the 18th century, or as Andy would say, "horse times". Mr. Banneker was a free man living in a slave state. Despite recieving no formal education, he had sophisticated expertise in mechanics and astronomy. He predicted tides and eclipses. He built a clock just by looking at the way a watch was constructed. He also did surveying for what would become Washington, DC. and exchanged letters with Thomas Jefferson on the subject of civil rights.
