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TheStoneOfSisyphus 9 points ago +10 / -1

I researched the subject and I can find no evidence at all that a black man invented the light bulb. An out and out lie.

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Yourface8me 5 points ago +5 / -0

There was one working as an assistant .the theory has been landed through various news agencies for years now that he was the one who invented the filament.

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cluckingducks 5 points ago +5 / -0

Latimer born 1848. Warren De la Rue used a platinum filament in a light bulb in 1840.

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milktoastfencesitter 3 points ago +3 / -0

I think Joe is referring to William Sawyer. I summarized it all in another comment on this thread.