Black Histoy Month by Samuel Crone https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9 Lewis Latimer en-us 2018-03-06 15:08:25 UTC 2026-03-14 21:37:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Lewis Latimer crones4631 https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238656969
]]> 2018-03-06 15:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238656969 crones4631 https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238658096 2018-03-06 15:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238658096 How the Person has Contributed to Society/ What They Invented crones4631 https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238658631 Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery. Latimer devised a way of encasing the filament within an cardboard envelope which prevented the carbon from breaking and thereby provided a much longer life to the bulb and hence made the bulbs less expensive and more efficient. This enabled electric lighting to be installed within homes and throughout streets]]> 2018-03-06 15:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238658631 10 Facts crones4631 https://padlet.com/crones4631/eo3k2bwq40r9/wish/238661292
  • Born on September 4, 1848
  • Escaped slavery
  • Rarried Rebecca Smith
  • Served in the United States Navy for the Union during the Civil War
  • Latimer co invented an improved train water closet
  • Worked as a Draftsman
  • Worked with Alexander Graham bell
  • Hired by Thomas Edisons rival
  • Active member of the Unitarian Church
  • Studied electricity

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