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Tue, 01.17.1882

The Carbon Manufacturer Unit is Patented by a Black Man

*On this date in 1882, a Black man received a patent for a process to manufacture carbons.  

Lewis Latimer received credit for this work.  The Patent number is #252,386.

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I Life goes by moving, Up and down a chain of moods Wanting what’s nothing. II My soul is the wind Dashing down fields of Autumn: O, too swift... ENCHANTMENT by Lewis Grandison Alexander
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