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  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 17, 1882
    Incandescent light bulb

    Latimer received a patent for The "Process of Manufacturing Carbons"

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 17, 1882

    Lewis Latimer, employed at the time by Edison, developed an improved method of heat-treating carbon filaments which reduced breakage and allowed them to be molded into novel shapes, such as the characteristic "M" shape of Maxim filaments. On 17 January 1882, Latimer received a patent for the "Process of Manufacturing Carbons", an improved method for the production of light bulb filaments, which was purchased by the United States Electric Light Company. Latimer patented other improvements such as a better way of attaching filaments to their wire supports.




  • Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 30, 1882
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Birth

    Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 30, 1882

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt Sr. and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano.




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