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[WORLDKINGS] On this day - May 31, 2023 – The 153rd Anniversary of Edward de Smedt's patent for asphalt pavement (1870)

30-05-2023

(Worldkings.org) Edward J. De Smedt is a professor who emigrated from Belgium. Known for having invented modern road asphalt in 1870. The word asphalt comes from the Greek “asphaltos” and meaning “secure”.

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