In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion ...

Back in 1912, Thomas Edison, the mastermind behind the lightbulb, set out with plans to reinvent the automobile. Edison envisioned a vehicle driven by electricity, but first, the battery had to be ...

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...

It was sold by the Thomas A. Edison Jr. Chemical Company, an outfit ostensibly owned by the son of famed inventor Thomas Edison. The family name had become synonymous with innovation; most people ...

The eternal light bulb has been lit since 1901 at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department and is in Guinness World Records.

In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself. That's according to David Burkus, author of "The Myths of Creativity," who ...

You might have learned in school that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but the truth is much stranger (public domain) It has been known for a long time that passing a current through a wire ...

1. Thomas Edison's list of inventions includes more than just the light bulb. While Thomas Edison's most enduring contribution to modern life will forever remain the incandescent light bulb ...