# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BYojAv2gCyA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460922-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ba93807cb5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-09-04T21:05:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Happy birthday, Lewis Latimer! He was an American inventor who helped spread the use of electric light by creating a carbon filament for light bulbs. He was born today in 1848.
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#science #inventor #blackhistory  #sciencehistory #history #blackandSTEM #light #lightbulb #electric #sciencehelps #invention #otd #hbd #happybirthday #birthday #tech #technology #onthisday

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## Tags

onthisday, technology, inventor, birthday, otd, light, blackhistory, history, lightbulb, blackandstem, electric, tech, science, happybirthday, invention, hbd, sciencehistory, sciencehelps

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