Shedding more light
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Shedding more light
Charles Richter filed for a patent for his electric lamp improvements in March of 1915 and was granted Patent Number 163252 in June, 2015. Richter was an electrical worker from the Corporation of the District of Fraser Mills, a small municipality on the shores of the Fraser River that would later be amalgamated with the District of Coquitlam, B.C.
Richter’s invention was designed to provide “a simple, inexpensive and effective reflector…that will disperse the light from a group of incandescent lamps over a wide area.” (Source: Patent Number 163252, Library and Archives Canada, http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/patents-1869-1919/Pages/item.aspx?…). His invention helped to improve the usefulness of incandescent lights indoors by increasing the area covered by a single lamp.
City of Coquitlam Archives
The City of Coquitlam Archives was founded in 2013, with the mandate to preserve and make accessible the records of enduring value of the City of Coquitlam and its predecessor administrative bodies. The Archives also acquires, preserves, and makes accessible the records of businesses, organizations, and private individuals that are of significance to the municipality and deemed worthy of long-term preservation.
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