Banneker
Benjamin
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Benjamin Banneker
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O M THE XOVVCP
OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, HF
WAS PLACED OH THE COM
MISSION WHICH SURVEYED
AND LAIP OUT THE
yf CITY Of WAS1IINGTON,ftC.!
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ALMANAC
Funning FOR
PEACE IN TIME
Of WAR WAS
ADVOCATED (Y
Kt BAN HE Kf ft IN HK
FAMOUS ALMANAC
IN 1793 I
Al 22, USIHÜ A BORROWS WAT CR ASA
MODEL. A POCKET WIFE AS HIS ONLY
tool, he constructed the first
CLOCK MADE IN AMERICAIT KEPT
ACCURATE TIME FOR
M^nryi zo years-
AVTROHOMER-OTY nANNEfc
Bannekercartoon van Charles Alston, 1943. claimend dat
Postzegel van 15 cent Banneker was city planner"was placed on the commission
(www.raymondpronk.wordpress.com) which surveyed and laid out the city of Washington, D.C,en
"constructed the first clock made in America",
(www. en.wikipedia. org
A. SmiB,,
F. Kcnwd,
Astronomer, Mathematician, and Surveyor
Banneker en burge-
I meester/landmeter
Ellicot in 'The Federal
Territory Survey' van
William A. Smit in
Maryland House aan
de John F. Kennedy
Highway
(www.bing.com)
