Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio ... His next inventive turn after the introduction of the phonograph took an entirely different direction: an electric lighting system. In 1878, after conceiving ...

In 1878, Thomas Edison — already an internationally famous inventor in his early 30s, set out to create an incandescent light bulb that provided enough light to illuminate a home but would last ...

Early detractors like Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph ... enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. The introduction of Prohibition in 1920 brings jazz into gangster-run ...

A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users — who called it “horrifying” and ...

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 ...

Around the same time across the Atlantic, Thomas Edison was busy working ... He also gave Tesla a letter of introduction to give to Edison. Laying the electrical tubes under the street ...

Thomas A. Edison, noted inventor, is the chief actor in a special Community Fund moving picture which is being shown at all Pittsfield theaters.

You may think the world's richest man would have a gigantic portfolio. Turns out, Elon Musk has most of his wealth in Tesla ...

The company's introduction of a comprehensive line ... General Electric was founded by Thomas Edison just before the Panic of ...

A machine that revolutionised printing in the 19th Century is among the equipment being maintained by a team dedicated to preserving a small town's history.