The first low-cost smoke detector for domestic
use was developed by Duane D. Pearsall in 1965, an individual replaceable battery-powered unit
that could be easily installed.
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The widespread use of smoke detectors in
households wasn't feasible until a year later when Duane Pearsall and Stanley Peterson created a single station photoelectric detector
that was powered by a battery.
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Board of Education decision, the Pearsall Committee in North Carolina announced its intention
to“preserve a segregated school system” and attempted to find clever ways to do this without violating new federal regulations.