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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 .
The Lewis lamp would use groups of lamps. The Lewis lamp design proved to have several flaws. To begin, it was really an inferior version of the Argand lamp. The reflector was made of copper with an interior silver plating to reflect light; however, the thin copper would warp under the heat of the lamps to become more spherical than parabolic.
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation .
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
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
Weeks joined Corning 132 years into the company’s 173-year history. Founded in 1851 by a merchant named Amory Houghton Sr., it began as the Bay State Glass Co., a small company in Massachusetts.
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.
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