Notable invention: Water closet
Before serving as Thomas Edison's original draftsman and sketching
invention plans for Alexander Graham Bell, Latimer was best known for
improving the railroad toilet system with the water closet. For those
brand new to 18th and 19th century jargon, it's a flush toilet. He would
also create a method to make carbon filaments for the electric lamp and
become the only African American member of the engineering division at
the Edison Company. Makes you wonder if Edison borrowed any ideas from him.
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