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from:NorthWest Arkansas Community College category:Schools and Libraries website:More Info posted:February 7th, 2012
Celebrating Black History Month: History has credited Thomas Edison with the invention of the light bulb, but fewer people know about Lewis Latimer's innovations toward its development. Until Latimer's process for making carbon filament, Edison's light bulbs would only burn for a few minutes. Latimer's filament burned for several hours.

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