when Swan established the world's first light bulb factory at Benwell in Newcastle. In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

This is a video recording of Francis Jehl discussing his experience working with Thomas Edison in 1879 and helping to make ...

selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. In 1928 the Menlo Park buildings were moved from their original site in New Jersey to Dearborn where they were reconstructed ...

Around the same time across the Atlantic, Thomas Edison was busy working on incandescent light bulbs. Incandescent light ... distribution system, the first of many, supplying 110 volts DC ...

Special effects have a long history in cinema, but they go back much further than you'd think, and they include an ...

Lighting has evolved beyond mere bulbs and tube lights; it now serves as an extension of personal style and space. It plays a ...

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was an incredible American inventor and entrepreneur, who revolutionized the world with his inventions such as the phonograph, light bulb, motion pictures, and R&D labs ...

In February 1881, Thomas ... Light Company in New York City. Edison's goal of electrifying Lower Manhattan had stalled for two years while Edison and his team grappled with creating the world's ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine here is a government-designated national treasure, but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931).