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George Washington Carver's Patent for Paint & Stain and Process

"When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver's Patent for Paint & Stain and Process

U.S. 1,541,478 Paint and Stain and Producing the Same June 9, 1925. George W Carver Tuskegee, Alabama.

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George Washington Carver worked at developing industrial applications from agricultural crops. During World War I, he found a way to replace the textile dyes formerly imported from Europe. He produced dyes of 500 different shades of dye,

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