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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/02/2006 - 12:45am.

Since this month is designated as Black History Month, periodically during these 28 days I plan to highlight various African-American inventors, who have contributed through their inventions and/or patents, to our society.

Robert Norbert Rillieux (March 18, 1806-October 8, 1894), inventor and engineer, is most noted for inventing the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water. This invention was an important development in the growth of the sugar industry.

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