Edwin binney biography
Edwin binney biography
Nihf inductee edwin binney and the manufacturing of lamp black...
Edwin Binney
American entrepreneur and inventor
Edwin Binney (November 24, 1866 – December 17, 1934) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, who created the first dustless white chalk, and along with his cousin C.
Harold Smith (born London, 1860 - died, 1931), was the founder of handicrafts company Binney & Smith, which marketed his invention of the Crayolacrayon. The Binney family lived in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, as well as Fort Pierce, Florida.
Biography
Binney was born in Shrub Oak, New York. In 1885, he took control of his father's business, Peekskill Chemical Co. While experimenting with a mixture of slate waste, cement, and talc, Binney created the first dustless white chalk.
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The invention was awarded a gold medal at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
He co-founded the firm Binney & Smith, which in 1902 had created a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels, but it was loaded with carbon black and too toxic for use by children.
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