Alice H. Parker

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Alice H. Parker (* 1895 ; † after 1919) was an American inventor of a central heating system for residential buildings using natural gas.

Little is known about them. She was African American and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey , and graduated from Howard Academy in Washington DC (a high school affiliated with Howard University ) with a degree in 1910.

She patented her invention of central heating in 1919 (the concept of central heating was older). It was ahead of its time, using natural gas instead of coal or firewood. The residents did not have to leave the house to get heating materials and the risk of fire was reduced because a fire did not have to be kept up all night. The warm air (heated by a heat exchanger) was distributed in the house via ventilation ducts and the distribution of heat could be regulated in this way. Her invention, which was not realized at the time, was inspired by the inefficiency of the fireplace heating in her own apartment on cold New Jersey winter nights.

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SURNAME Parker, Alice H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American inventor
DATE OF BIRTH 1895
DATE OF DEATH after 1919