Thomas Edison was a renowned scientist, inventor, and businessman who created over 100 devices in his lifetime. He is perhaps ...

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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 ...

Inventor Thomas Edison's life was about more than just the light bulb. Find out more about this 20th-century trailblazer.

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...

No mere presentation of fact or simple relation of events is good enough for the ingenious inventor to first reveal his remarkable discovery. Instead, he constructs a dramatic exhibition that has ...

In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric incandescent lightbulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. The protoype lightbulb lasted 13.5 hours before burning out.

The column "Americans being duped by the wind lobby" (Commentary, Oct. 13) cites exceedingly outdated data as it references ...

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).