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	Lewis Latimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 - December 11, 1928) was an African American inventor.
		Lewis was hired as assistant manager and draftsman for the US Electric Lighting Company.
		Latimer received a patent in January 1882 for the "Process of Manufacturing Carbons", an improved method for the production of lightbulb filaments which yielded longer lasting bulbs than Thomas Edison's technique.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_Latimer (138 words)

	Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement at BSC : Bridgewater State College
		Lewis Latimer was one of the pioneers in the electric light industry from its creation until it became worldwide in its influence.
		Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 4, 1848, and reared in Boston.
		Latimer was transferred to the legal department where he served as draftsman and patent expert throughout final corporate mergers which, in April of 1892, resulted in the formation of the present General Electric Company.
	www.bridgew.edu /HOBA/Latimer.cfm (771 words)

	SPECTRUM Biographies - Lewis Latimer
		Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848, Lewis was the son of George and Rebecca Latimer, who spent much of their time on the run as escaped slaves.
		Latimer was a young man when his father's charade was discovered and George was arrested in Boston.
		Lewis Latimer, the youngest child, attended grammar school and was a wonderful student who loved reading and showed promising art skills.
	www.incwell.com /Biographies/Latimer,Lewis.html (501 words)

	Inventor Lewis Latimer Biography
		Lewis Howard Latimer, a pioneer in the development of the electric light bulb, was the only Black member of Thomas A. Edison's research team of noted scientists.
		Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, and reared in Boston.
		Latimer's detailed descriptions of the geographic proximity of his office to the place where Bell was teaching, and of meeting with Bell add credibility to his claim, although no supporting evidence has been found in either the Bell family papers or the patent applications themselves.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/latimer.htm (2751 words)

	xlhome4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Latimer served in the Union Navy in 1863, studied drafting, and later invented and patented an incandescent light bulb with a carbon filament in 1881.
		Latimer wrote the first textbook on the lighting system used by the Edison Company, and he was employed by Alexander Graham Bell to make patent drawings for the first telephone.
		Lewis Latimer was known as a "Renaissance" man, a man of many talents.
	www.users.fast.net /~blc/xlhome4.htm (245 words)

	MindStation X : Bios
		Latimer also invented a wooden socket for the lamp that is very similar to the ones we use today.
		Lewis Latimer has many patents to his credit, as well has having designed the lighting systems for the cities of New York, Paris, and London.
		Latimer was one of the few African-American inventors to achieve a fair measure of fame and considerable wealth in his lifetime.
	www.mindstation.com /bios.html (672 words)

	latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Lewis Howard Latimer was the son of an escaped slave.
		Lewis Latimer was eager to help the northern states, who had gone to war in part to end slavery in the South.
		Latimer was also sent to England, where he helped set up a factory to produce light bulb filaments using the method he had invented.
	www.fultonschools.org /teacher/stratton/latimer.html (1216 words)

	Lemelson Center Invention Features: Lewis Latimer
		Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, six years after his parents, George and Rebecca Latimer, had run away from slavery in Virginia.
		Lewis Latimer, the youngest child, attended grammar school and was an excellent student who loved to read and draw.
		By working with him late at night, Latimer was able to provide Bell with the blueprints and expertise in submitting applications that allowed him to file his telephone patent on February 14, 1876, just a few hours earlier than that of a rival inventor.
	invention.smithsonian.org /centerpieces/ilives/latimer/latimer.html (1118 words)

	Students: History: Lewis Latimer
		The youngest of four children, Latimer was born to former slaves after a church in Boston bought his parents' freedom for them and helped them move north.
		Lewis Latimer was the only African American in the group.
		Lewis Latimer was many other things besides an inventor and draftsman.
	www.gelighting.com /na/home_lighting/gela/students/history_bio_latimer.htm (881 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Lewis H. Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848.
		Latimer went on to patent a process for efficiently manufacturing the carbon filament (1882), and developed the now familiar threaded socket (though his was wooden) for his improved bulb.
		Latimer's other patented inventions include such diverse items as the first water closet (i.e., toilet) for railroad cars (1874) and a forerunner of the air conditioner (1886).
	w3.mit.edu /invent/iow/latimer.html (280 words)

	Paving the Way
		Lewis H. Latimer born on Sept 4th 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, was the son of George and Rebecca, who escaped from slavery in Virginia and headed North in search of better opportunities and freedom for their children.
		Latimer worked late at nights to supply Bell with the blue prints for the new invention and for submitting applications, which allowed Bell to file his patent first on February 14th 1876, by just a few hours in the race against one of his rivals.
		Lewis Latimer, the son of escaped slaves, was a true genius and is a person we should look up to as a role model.
	www.cariwave.com /Paving_the_way.htm (997 words)

	African American Registry: Lewis Latimer drew the first electric light blueprints
		Although Latimer was hired as an office boy, he cultivated drafting skills in his spare time until he was qualified for blueprint work.
		Latimer brainstormed his own work, patenting in 1874 a "pivot bottom" for water closets on trains.
		In 1880 Latimer went to work for the inventor Hiram Maxim, who ran the United States Electric Lighting Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut and was one of Thomas Edison's prime competitors in the institutionalization of electric light.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/340/Lewis_Latimer_drew_the_first_electric_light_blueprints (475 words)

	IEEE Power Engineering Society Atlanta Chapter - September 2003 Luncheon Meeting
		Lewis Latimer was pivotal in the technological revolution that occurred during his lifetime, namely in the area of incandescent lighting.
		Among Latimer’s accomplishments are numerous patents, such as an improvement on train water closets, an apparatus for cooling and disinfecting, and in 1882 patented the carbon filament that, increased the life of the light bulb, as well as made them affordable.
		Lewis Latimer died in 1928 an innovator, revolutionary, and true renaissance man, leaving a timeless legacy in technology and society at large.
	www.ewh.ieee.org /soc/pes/atlanta/lunch0903.htm (421 words)

	Introduction
		Before the age of twenty, Latimer had survived the cataclysm of the Civil War and witnessed the birth of a new society—one in which former slaves would become American citizens.
		ewis Latimer was born in 1848 in the heated abolitionist environment of antebellum Boston.
		Latimer's broad experience in the early years of the electric light industry and his knowledge of patent preparation and interpretation made him a valued member of Edison's legal team.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~taep/latimer/intro.htm (1075 words)

	Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor, engineer and Edison Pioneer, lived during a period of profound change in American society.
		From the end of the Civil War until his death in 1928, Latimer was at the forefront of a technological revolution that dramatically reshaped the way Americans lived and worked.
		Latimer focused on electric lighting, and became an active participant in the race to develop the incandescent light.
	www.queenslibrary.org /gallery/latimer/index.asp?content=intro (431 words)

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		Lewis, therefore, came from humble surroundings but that fact didn't suppress his interest in reading, writing stories, drawing and writing poetry.
		Later Latimer became a draftsman and it was he who made the drawings for Alexander Graham Bell for his famous U.S. Patent No 174,465 issued Mar 7, 1876.
		"Lewis Howard Latimer was of the colored race, the only one in our organization, and was one of those to respond to the initial call that led to the formation of the Edison Pioneers, January 24th, 1918.
	home.frognet.net /~ejcov/latimer.html (776 words)

	Lewis Latimer 1848 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Latimer, with Joseph V. Nichols, came up with both idea to use carbon filaments and the process for manufacturing the carbon filaments.
		Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848 to George and Rebecca Latimer.
		While not his first patent (that was for a water closet for railway cars in 1874), Latimer and Nichols received a patent for an incandescent light bulb with a carbon filament as well as the process for manufacturing them in 1881.
	www.wntb.com /blackachievers/lewislatimer (503 words)

	Long Island History: Recognizing a Luminary
		Latimer went on to become a key player on the Edison team and a major pioneer in the development of electric lighting.
		His granddaughter, Winifred Latimer Norman of Manhattan, a retired social worker and leader in restoring the house, was recently visited by the founders of the Latimer Society of Chelsea, Mass., where Latimer was born.
		Lewis Howard Latimer was born in 1848, the youngest of the four children of George and Rebecca Latimer.
	www.newsday.com /community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs625a,0,7223235.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation (1033 words)

	Patent Sketches - Lewis Latimer
		Later, after his boss recognized his talent for sketching patent drawings, Latimer was promoted to the position of head draftsman earning $20.00 a week.
		In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell hired Latimer to draft the necessary drawings required to receive a patent for Bells telephone.
		In 1880, after moving to Bridgeport, Connecticut, Latimer was hired as assistant manager and draftsman for U.S. Electric Lighting Company.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aberdonia3436/lewis-latimer-patent-sketches.html (190 words)

	Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Latimer was one of the first major African American inventors responsible for such items as the first water closet (or toilet) for railroad cars in 1874 and a forerunner of the air conditioner in 1886.
		Latimer sold the patent for the "Incandescent Electric Light Bulb with Carbon Filament" to the United States Electric Company in 1881.
		Latimer also developed and patented the threaded socket for his improved bulb, though then it was made of wood.
	powermin.nic.in /kids/lewis_latimer.htm (355 words)

	STEM Camp '98: Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lewis Latimer was born in 1848 Chelsea, Mass.
		Lewis Latimer, the son of former slaves, was a pioneer in the development of the electrical lighting industry.
		Latimer was at the forefront of a technological revolution that dramatically reshaped American society.
	cctr.umkc.edu /~hamp/98_ESSAYS/LATIMER.HTM (119 words)

	Text Site \| Out There \| Black History \| Lewis Latimer
		Perhaps the easiest way to understand the significance and impact of Lewis Latimer is to imagine a person who has the qualities of John Logie Baird (the inventor of TV and video recording), William Henry Hoover (the inventor of the vacuum cleaner) and Duke Ellington (jazz pianist, composer and painter).
		Like the inventions by John Logie Baird and William H Hoover, Latimer’s work on his light bulb and its successors are still in use in societies worldwide, and is every bit as important to the quality of modern life and societies.
		Latimer’s contribution to the preparation of the patent application for the telephone, which was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, should be seen in the context of his profession as an experienced draughtsman.
	www.scienceyear.com /text_only/outthere/black_history/latimer_notes.html (212 words)

	Lighting Research Center and GE Fund, GE Lighting Launch Program to Increase Minority Recruitment \| Press Release
		Latimer solved that problem by developing a carbon filament-and we've lived in a brighter world ever since.
		Winifred Latimer Norman, Ph.D., Lewis Latimer's granddaughter, is a retired social worker, who, in addition to working for social justice worldwide, promotes awareness of her grandfather's contributions to society.
		Perhaps few Americans know of Lewis Latimer's role in the development of technology, including the fact that he assisted Alexander Graham Bell in patenting the first telephoneor that he invented a water closet for use on trains, as well as a forerunner to air conditioning.
	www.lightingresearch.org /resources/news/pressReleases/latimer.asp (595 words)

	Planet Science \| Out There \| Black History Month
		The firm specialised in helping inventors protect their inventions and Lewis absorbed all that he could and studied on his own.
		Lewis was a truly creative man who not only invented and took out patents of his own, but painted, wrote poetry and plays and played the flute.
		Of course Lewis took them up on this (with knobs on!) and soon had patents of his own which helped to take the light bulb from something that only lasted 30 hours, to something much more practical and durable.
	www.scienceyear.com /outthere/black_history/latimer.html (706 words)

	No. 158: Lewis Latimer
		Latimer went to work doing odd jobs when he was 13.
		Lewis Latimer is telling us we have to stay in the ring.
		A footnote to this episode, which was written in 1988: The old Latimer House was moved to new location and, on October 22, 1998, it was opened as a small science museum which tells Latimer's story.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi158.htm (456 words)

	Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848.
		Latimer was a great inventor, and he was very talented.
		Lewis Latimer died in 1928, but he was remembered as one of the greatest African American inventors of all time.
	www.newton.mec.edu /Brown/TE/INVENTORS/AFRICAN/AA_kids/marchi.html (102 words)

	Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Blueprint for Change: the Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer was a major exhibition of art and artifacts organized and presented by the Queens Borough Public Library.
		Lewis H. Latimer (1848-1928), the son of former slaves, was a pioneer in the development of the electrical lighting industry.
		From the end of the Civil War until his death, Latimer was at the forefront of a technological revolution that dramatically reshaped American society.
	www.queenslibrary.org /gallery/latimer (166 words)

	Black History Month Biography Lewis Latimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Only 27, Latimer had already received a patent of his own for inventing an improvement to bathrooms on trains and was an expert on patents, but there was something different about him from almost all other people who had his type of job.
		Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 4, 1848.
		Lewis Latimer was an admirable man and will always be remembered.
	www.newton.mec.edu /bigelow/classroom/yerardi/blackhistory04/07blackhist04df1/07blackhist04df1index.htm (785 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Long-lasting bulbs, using carbon filaments, were the brainchild of African-American inventor Lewis Latimer and his partner, Joseph V. Nichols.
		Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1848, Latimer fought briefly in the Civil War before working as an errand boy for a law firm specializing in patents.
		Latimer helped Alexander Graham Bell draft the blueprints for the telephone, securing the patent hours before a rival inventor.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/bhm/interactive/innovators.gallery/content.4.html (141 words)

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