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Banneker's Clock and Pearse's Plane
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- Jan 29, 2025
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- 2009
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Summary
Two guys who grew up on farms. Both were tinkerers. Benjamin Banneker, a free Black American created the first striking clock built in America. Richard Pearse, from New Zealand, was a pioneer in flight. Was he a first? we don't know for sure. But he was pretty interesting!