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Edmond berger spark plug wikipedia
Edmond Berger invented the spark plug on February 2, 1839, at a time when the internal combustion engine was undergoing rapid development.
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Who Invented the Spark Plug?

Some historians have reported that Edmond Berger who invented an early spark plug (sometimes in British English called the sparking plug) on February 2, 1839. However, Edmond Berger did not patent his invention.

And since spark plugs are used in internal combustion engines and in 1839 these engines were in the early days of experimentation. Therefore, Edmund Berger's spark plug, if it did exist, would have had to have been very experimental in nature as well or perhaps the date was a mistake.

What Is a Spark Plug?

According to Britannica, a spark plug or sparking plug is "a device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and carries two electrodes separated by an air gap across which current from a high-tension ignition system discharges to form a spark for igniting the fuel."

More specifically, a spark plug has a metal threaded shell that's electrically isolated from a central electrode by a porcelain insulator. The central electrode is connected by a heavily insulated wire to the output ter

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Transportation history cannot be told without the influence of Black history. Many of the devices we use and the inventions we travel with were made or impacted by influential Black leaders and trailblazers. Our world today would look a lot different without the work of these prominent Black figures, so let’s acknowledge these works not just during Black history month but as part of transportation history.

Andrew Jackson Beard — Rotary Steam Engine & Railroad Coupler

Andrew Jackson Beard (1849–1921) was born into slavery in Jefferson County, Alabama. Emancipated at age fifteen, he then became a farmer and was in charge of a flour mill. Although Beard did not have any formal educational training, he could not stop his brain from tinkering and thinking up new inventions. In 1892, he patented a new type of steam-driven rotary engine. During this time, the U.S. was looking for cheaper, alternative power sources to help drive industrialization other than electricity. Beard believed his invention would be safer and more affordable. His rotary steam engine would only see

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Ed Berger

Jazz writer, educator, and label owner

For the American educator and politician from Kansas, see Ed Berger (politician).

Edward Morris Berger (March 5, 1949 – January 22, 2017) was an American librarian, discographer, author, editor, historian, photographer, educator, jazz producer, and record label owner. For more than forty years, Berger was affiliated with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. He was also a longtime friend and business associate of the jazz instrumentalist and composer Benny Carter.^[1]

Early life

Berger was the eldest of three sons born to Morroe and Paula Berger. Berger grew up in New Jersey, where his father was a professor of sociology at Princeton University. In addition to his specialization in Near East studies, Morroe Berger was also an expert in jazz, and it was through Morroe that Ed received his earliest exposure to the music that would become his life's focus.^[2]

In 1970, Berger received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington, with a double major in Sl