Benjamin bradley inventor biography
Benjamin bradley inventor biography
Benjamin bradley inventor.
Benjamin Bradley (inventor)
American engineer and inventor
Benjamin Boardley (March – ) was an American engineer and inventor.
Benjamin's correct surname was Boardley,[1][2][3] but since when the African Repository published an article wrongly spelling Benjamin's surname as Bradley, authors have written about him with the incorrect surname.[4]
Early life
Benjamin Boardley was born a slave in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in March [2] &#;It has been theorized that he acquired literacy while learning from his master's children.[5] According to the Maryland State Manumission records, Bradley's owner was John T.
Hammond.[6]
As a teenager, Bradley worked at a printing office.[4][7] He showed ingenuity and mechanical skills by the age of 16, when he built a steam engine out of a gun barrel, pewter, round steel, and other various materials.[8][7][4] His ma