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Inventor Alice H. Parker patents the gas heating furnace.

By Britt Middleton

Posted: 12/23/2012 07:00 AM EST

Filed Under National News, This Day in Black History

Inventor Alice H. Parker patents the gas heating furnace

On Dec. 23, 1919, inventor Alice H. Parker of Morristown, New Jersey, patented her design for the gas heating furnace. Parker’s design would help provide central heating in millions of homes and buildings around the world today.

Parker’s gas heating furnace revolutionized how people heat their homes. With her invention, people no longer needed to stock and burn wood in a traditional furnace, which presented a high fire risk when left unattended.

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