African American Inventors : African American Inventors Revisited

Without their dedication and work at night – the inventor of the telephone acknowledges having been someone else. And – oh yes – Latimer was African American.

Also – Latimer made the best bulb. While Thomas Edison had worked for years for the light bulb to work – the light bulb burns only a matter of hours. Latimer was the one that happened and patented a process for making a carbon filament – which was burned and it made the product commercially viable. Latimer became a consultant to many cities – including London – the installation of electric light.

Latimer worked for Edison – Edison and encouraged him to write the book Incandescent Electric Lighting: A practical description of the Edison System. The book was very popular – as they explained the process of electricity at a somewhat ignorant public. A great example of African American invention.

Then came the invention of U.S. Africa which revolutionized the manufacture of footwear. In the late 1800’s, the shoes are manufactured mainly by hand. The client’s feet, doubled in a stone or wood called “past”. the leather is formed around the last – and then the foot was attached to the top by skilled craftsmen. Lasters shoe had great power in the shoe industry – and could shut down operations for what they wanted – no work to entire factories.

Jan Ernst Matzeliger went to work for a shoe company and did not like being without work. He developed an automatic duration was 150-700 pairs of shoes a day – compared with 50 of a teacher Laster. This invention African American has been called “the greatest step forward in the shoe industry” and “the most important invention of New England.” Unfortunately, while the durable machine brought much benefit to the industry, not to participate Matzeliger wealth. He had spent many hours developing your machine without proper nutrition. A cold gave way to tuberculosis – and died at age 37.

Black women are part of the African American invention. Dr. Patricia Bath passionate dedication to the treatment and prevention of blindness led her to develop the Cataract Laserphaco probe.

The probe, patented in 1988, is designed to use the power of a laser to vaporize quickly and painlessly eye cataract patients, replacing the most common method of using a birdie, a drill-like device to remove the afflictions. With another invention, Bath was able to restore sight to people who had been blind for over 30 years. Patricia Bath also holds patents for his invention in Japan, Canada and Europe.

Dr. Bath has been nominated for the Hall of Fame National Inventors.

Two men and one African American woman who have contributed to the growth of American society – however, his achievements have been lost to future generations. Better now that his genius is recognized regardless of their color.

Gary J. Cogley, JD, having been a musician, a television producer / director / writer, and an entertainment lawyer and IP, now writes about all sorts of gizmos, gadgets and inventions. It also gives advice and information on patents, and scams to be aware of. Get your gadget: www.gadgets-apparatus-inventions.com