What Did Philip B Downing Invent?
What Did Philip B Downing Invent? Among his most significant inventions were a street letter box (U.S. Patent numbers 462,092 and 462,093) and a mechanical device for operating street railway switches (U.S. Patent number 430,118). Why did Philip Downing invent the mailbox? In 1891, a black man known as Philip Bell Downing invented the mailbox