Who is luis lattimer?

Question

the guy who made a contribution to electricity [he is also african american]

Answer 1

You spelled his name incorrectly.

" Louis Latimer received a patent for an improved process for manufacturing the carbon filaments in light bulbs. These improvements allowed for a reduction in time to produce and an increase in quality. During his life time he had worked with and for Alexander Bell, Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison. Latimer was the only black member of an exclusive social group, the Edison Pioneers."

Answer 2

That's funny you asked that question. He is on my kids' cereal box of Captain Crunch. I believe he is a runner. The cartoon picture of him depicted him running through money with a caption that read, " Catch Luis Lattimer".

Answer 3

You are right! He definitley made a contribution to electricity. Back in the day he was a customer in one of New Yorks electric chairs. He lit up like a dang Xmas tree!

Answer 4

Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an African American inventor.


He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 4, 1848 as the youngest of the four children of Rebecca (1826-1748) and George Latimer (July 4, 1818 [1] -c.1880). George Latimer had been the slave of James B. Gray of Virginia. George Latimer ran away to freedom in Boston, Massachusetts in October, 1842, along with his wife Rebecca, who had been the slave of another man. When Gray, the owner, appeared in Boston to take them back to Virginia, it became a noted case in the movement for abolition of slavery, gaining the involvement of such abolitionists as William Lloyd Garrison. Eventually funds were raised to pay Gray $400 for the freedom of George Latimer.[1] One of Lewis' siblings was named William H. Latimer (1846-1892), who worked as a barber.

He joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 16 on September 16, 1864. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy on July 3, 1865, he gained employment as an office boy with a patent law firm, Crosby Halstead and Gould, with a $3.00 per week salary. He learned how to use a L square, ruler, and other tools. 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 by 1878. [1]


[Personal life
He married Mary Wilson on December 10, 1873 and later had two daughters, Jeanett and Louise. Mary was born in Rhode Island.


Inventions
In 1874, he copatented (with Charles W. Brown) an improved toilet system for railroad cars called the Water Closet for Railroad Cars (U.S. Patent 147,363), the first of many patents.

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell employed Latimer to draft the necessary drawings required to receive a patent for Bell's telephone. He did this in his capacity as draftsman at the firm of Bell's patent law firm.[1]

In 1880, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut with his brother, William, his mother, Rebecca, and his wife. Lewis was hired as assistant manager and draftsman for the U.S. Electric Lighting Company, a company owned by Hiram Maxim, a rival of inventor Thomas Edison. Latimer received a patent in January 1882 for the "Process of Manufacturing Carbons", an improved method for the production of carbon filaments for lightbulb. The Edison Electric Light Company in New York City hired Latimer in 1884, as a draftsman and an expert witness in patent litigation about electric lights. Latimer was also an Edison Pioneer, a group of those that had worked for Edison companies over the years. Latimer never worked directly for Thomas Edison, or in Edison's lab.[2]

Latimer is an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on electric filament manufacturing techniques.

Answer 5

Mr and Mrs Lattimers son :))