{"product_id":"charles-s-l-baker-friction-heat-radiator-we-built-that-t-shirt-buillth","title":"Charles S. L. Baker — Friction Heat Radiator — We Built That T-Shirt | Buillth","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:1px solid #d9d9d9;padding-top:18px;margin:0 0 16px 0;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;width:100%;\"\u003e\n\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#1a1a1a\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M9 18h6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M10 22h4\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M15 14c.2-1 .7-1.7 1.5-2.5A5 5 0 0 0 18 8a6 6 0 0 0-12 0c0 1.7.7 2.8 1.5 3.5.9.8 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:700;font-size:19px;color:#1a1a1a;\"\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new way to heat a room, built from nothing but friction and twenty-three years of trial and error. Charles S. L. Baker was born enslaved and self-taught himself into a mechanical engineer. He patented the friction heat radiator in 1903 and helped found the company built on it. Now you know. Wear that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Buillth Friction Heat Radiator tee is part of the We Built That collection — wearable archives honoring the Black inventors who built the modern world and never got the credit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe design: Museum-quality archival badge. Twin cylinder core, friction drive, radiant heat lines — the invention that warmed rooms without a single flame, made wearable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWear it. They'll ask. Then you tell them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shirt: Heavyweight unisex tee. 100% ring-spun cotton. Soft enough to live in, bold enough to start a conversation. Tear-away label. Runs true to size.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles S. L. Baker — The Short Version\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles S. L. Baker was born into slavery in 1859 in Savannah, Missouri, and became a self-taught mechanical engineer with no formal training. Over twenty-three years of experimentation — rubbing bricks, testing metals, refining a spinning core inside a metal cylinder — he perfected a way to generate heat through friction alone, no fire required. He patented the friction heat radiator in 1903 and co-founded the Friction Heat \u0026amp; Boiler Company the following year. A man born with nothing engineered a new way to keep a building warm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e→ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buillth.com\/pages\/charles-s-l-baker\"\u003eRead the full story of Charles S. L. 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