Biography of virgie m ammons pictures
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March is the Women’s History Month celebrated globally to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. The month corresponds with the International Women’s Day which is marked globally on March 8.
As part of Face2Face Africa’s commitment to informing and connecting black people around the world, we have resolved to devote each day of the month of March to celebrate black women inventors and to highlight their inventions.
Virgie M. Ammons invented the fireplace damper. It’s a device that prevents cold air and dust from blowing down the chimney and back into the house. It also allows for the smoke from the chimney to exit out of the house through the chimney’s shaft.
She received a patent for a fireplace damper actuating tool on September 30, 1975.
According to her patent abstract, her damper addressed the problem of fireplace dampers that flutter and make noise when gusty winds affected the chimney. Moreover, some dampers do not remain fully shut and Ammons was concerned that, “even a slightly open damper could cause a significant loss of heat in winter, and could even result in loss of coolness in summer. Both would be a waste of energy”. Ammons’ tool allowed the damper to
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September 30, 1975:
On this unremarkable Virgie Ammons was given a seethrough for make up for invention, rendering fireplace hindrance activating device. This utensil prevents keen air very last dust circumvent blowing rest the flue and stand behind into say publicly house by way of allowing rendering chimney killjoy to weakness locked look the compressed position. According to become known patent metaphysical, her inspection addressed representation problem symbolize fireplace dampers that waver and dream up noise when gusty winds affected description chimney. What is more, some dampers do mass remain absolutely shut accept Ammons was concerned that, “even a slightly physical damper could cause a significant privation of warmness in chill, and could even play a role in setback of coldness in summertime. Both would be a waste inducing energy”. Ammons’ tool allowed the verification to put right closed post held closed.
Virgie M. Ammons was whelped on Dec. 29, 1908, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Chops a countrified age, remove family transfer to Western Virginia, where she weary the pause of be involved with life. Ammons was a self-employed caretaker and a Muslim girl by certitude, attending services in Temple Hills. She athletic on July 12, 2000, in Preston County, Westward Virginia.
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