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Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner , an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs , and an improved toilet system for railroad cars .
Lewis Howard Latimer: 1848 Filament for electric light bulb [292] 2006 Lewis Miller: 1829 Combine harvester [293] 2006 Lewis Waterman: 1837 Fountain pen [294] 2006 Linus Yale Jr. 1821 Cylinder lock [295] 2006 Louis Renault: 1877 Drum brake [296] 2006 Margaret E. Knight: 1838 Paper bag machine [297] 2006 Martha Coston: 1826 Signal flare used for ...
Lewis Latimer (1848–1928), U.S. – improved carbon-filament light bulb Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), Sweden – invented the milk separator and the milking machine Semyon Lavochkin (1900–1960), Russia – La -series aircraft, first operational surface-to-air missile S-25 Berkut
Latimer, a Black innovator who in the 19th century helped Thomas Edison invent the light bulb and created several inventions including an early form of air conditioning, is buried in Fall River ...
CEO Wendell Weeks talks about Corning Inc.’s innovations—ranging from Edison’s lightbulb to the face of your smartphone—and how its fiber-optic cables are powering the AI revolution.
1875 Henry Woodward patents an electric light bulb. 1876 Pavel Yablochkov invents the Yablochkov candle , the first practical carbon arc lamp, for public street lighting in Paris. 1879 (About Christmas time) Col. R. E. Crompton illuminated his home in Porchester Gardens , using a primary battery of Grove Cells, then a generator which was better.
Lewis Latimer invented the first long-lasting filament for light bulbs and installed his lighting system in New York City, Philadelphia, and Canada. Later, he became one of the 28 members of Thomas Edison's Pioneers.
Presented in partnership with Beam Center (New York City), BEACON (2020) is a temporary public installation inspired by American inventor Lewis H. Latimer, his 1881 patent for the electric lamp, and 1882 patent for processing carbon filament in the incandescent light bulb. [20] The landmark status of Lewis H. Latimer House and Museum also ...