A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern America. The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, ...

The laboratory was in Menlo Park. The inventor was Thomas Edison. That is the same year the American Chemical Society was ...

Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Thomas Edison might be the most ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time - or was he? Most people think Edison was the inventor of the light bulb, but that doesn't seem to be the case, which begs the question, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Edison worked at his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, for nearly 45 years.Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...