Smooth R&B 105.7 - Meet African American inventor Alice H Parker. She invented a furnace that supplied central heat using natural gas (instead of wood)to heat an entire home or building. Alice
![Meet Inventor Alice Parker: The Woman Behind Central Heating - BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect Meet Inventor Alice Parker: The Woman Behind Central Heating - BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect](https://blackdoctor.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/alice-parker.png)
Meet Inventor Alice Parker: The Woman Behind Central Heating - BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
![This Day in History: Alice Parker, an African American, patented the gas heating furnace - CNW Network This Day in History: Alice Parker, an African American, patented the gas heating furnace - CNW Network](https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Alice-H-Parker-with-patent-drawing-for-gas-heated-furnace-fairuse.jpg)