Benjamin Banneker
Scientist
1731-11-09 – 1806-10-09
Benjamin Banneker was an American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, and author. He is noted for his almanacs and for contributing to the early survey of Washington, D.C.
Books by Benjamin Banneker
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Banneker's Almanac
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Banneker's Almanack, and Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1793
Being the First After Bissextile Or Leap Year: and Banneker's Almanac, for the Year 1795 ...
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Quotes by Benjamin Banneker
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I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
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Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.
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Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.
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