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Latimer's Birth and Death Date/Lasting Impressions

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Latimer's Birth and Death Date/Lasting Impressions

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Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in the year of 1848 (September 4th), and passed away on December 11th, 1928. Although his invention of of filaments has been outdated, he will forever be known for his advancements in both filaments and light bulbs, and how he made lighting practical and affordable. Lewis Latimer was inducted into the Inventor Hall of Fame in the year 2006.

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Latimer worked under a variety of well-known inventors during his time, such as serving as inventor Alex Graham Bell's assistant in 1876, in which he pushed the patent fr the telephone. Later in 1884, Latimer worked under Thomas Edison at Edison Electric Light Company in New York as an engineer and legal member; he helped with the file patent process for future carbon filaments, which is where his career shines bright...

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Latimer had found a way to create carbon filaments more durable by encasing them with simple cardboard, which led to not only affordability and practicality to all Americans, but also longer-lasting than previous filaments of the time. In 1890, Latimer wrote "Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System". A little while later in 1918, Latimer joined and became a member of Edison's elite research team--"Edison's Pioneers"--making further technological advancements with filaments and Edison's light bulb.

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^ The image above is Latimer's patent for how he designed and constructed cardboard filaments)

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Other Interesting Information on Latimer

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Other Interesting Information on Latimer

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Latimer was one of the first African-American inventors, along with Graville T. Woods).

Latimer patented other diverse, everyday objects such as water-closets (toilets) inside of train cars, and patented a forerunner design of the air conditioner in 1886.