Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

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 Britain, too, the popular press saw Edison as a mixture of scientist and magician. H.G. Wells would have been aware of this mixed persona, perpetuated in numerous articles, as The Times of 31 ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) invented the tin foil phonograph – a machine that recorded sound by indenting a sheet of tin foil into a groove in a cylinder. A later wax version was ...

This new illustrated series explores some of the most iconic moments in the history of film. We begin with Thomas Edison, the inventor of the kinetograph ...

In 1776, the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania was established. Dubbed the "Mason-Dixon" line, it became the ...

"The first condensed soup in America was cooked and canned by Campbell's in Camden County in 1897, resulting in one of the ...

On Oct. 18, 1977, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game 6 of the World Series to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win ...

Edison State Community College celebrated a new milestone: its highest number of enrolled students, with a record 4,626 students taking courses during the fall 2024 semester. On Monday, Aug. 26, ...

industrial, government and other customers worldwide with products and services related to energy production. The company was founded by Thomas Alva Edison in 1878 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Thousands of Southwest Florida students compete in two science-based fairs: The Edison Festival of Light Regional Inventors Fair and the Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Science & Engineering Fair.