The company’s first step was to work with Thomas Edison to develop a battery-powered lamp to avoid igniting firedamp in mines. MSA went on to produce a variety of safety devices, including breathing ...

In 1879, Thomas Edison had just perfected the world’s ... with “a live outdoor display with dozens of incandescent lamps strung together”—what some call the world’s first string lights.

It is generally assumed that Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp was the product of inspired tinkering. Actually it was but one element in a much deeper invention: an entire system of electric lighting ...

Named for Thomas Edison and patented in 1881 ... and compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) everywhere. Other sizes are E17, called ...

Arc lamps provided many cities with their first ... 1882: Developing the lighting system Thomas Edison focused on the entire lighting grid, showing that it was possible to distribute electricity ...

The Cragside type lamp became the first light bulb to be ... In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

Scott says that while Thomas Edison is often credited with inventing ... would capture the sound waves and then trace them out on lamp-blacked paper. So that's essentially tracing sound waves ...