With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world. Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera ...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

Tara Isabella Burton | Author, Self-Made: Creating Our Identities From da Vinci to the Kardashians Thomas Edison told journalists they would each receive a brief, private demonstration of the new ...

WASHINGTON D.C. The ups and downs of Mr. Thomas A. Edison's inventions related to electrical lighting continue. After his U.S. Patent No. 223,898 for an "Electric Lamp" was found to be valid in the ...

A replica of a light bulb was presented Thursday to Edison officials The light bulb will be incorporated into the township's rededication of the Edison Memorial Tower and Museum The rededication is ...

Still life of the first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. The electric light wasn’t Thomas Edison’s first invention, nor was he the first to ...

Timed to mark the 131st anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison—whose birthday is marked by a Google doodle today—General Electric on October 21 unveiled an illumination ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...