American inventor and improved fire extinguisher patent holder
Thomas J. Martin
Born
29 May 1842 (1842-05-29)
United States
Known for
Invention of an improved fire extinguisher.
Spouse
Evaline Moore Kidd
Thomas J. Martin (1842-1872)[1] was awarded a patent for improvement to the fire extinguisher in 1872.[2][3][4][5]
The invention involved the use of pipes to carry water upwards and valves in the ceiling acting as sprinklers to extinguish fires in buildings.[6]
Thomas Jefferson Martin was born on 29 May 1842.[7] Martin was wounded at the battle of Shiloh.[8]
^Gibbs, C. R. (1995). Black Inventors, From Africa to America : Two Million Years of Invention and Innovation. Three Dimensional Pub. p. 230. ISBN9781877835872.
^Harley, Sharon (1996). Timetables of African-American History, A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History. Touchstone. p. 169. ISBN9780684815787.