Citing both the Thomas Edison Papers, a research project at Rutgers University, and the Edison Birthplace Museum, we have compiled an official list of Edison's greatest inventions.

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Thomas Edison liked to say that ... so National Geographic asked Hayden to list what she considers 10 of the most meaningful advances in history—the inventions and innovations responsible ...

Edison came up with lots of great inventions and here he stumbles upon an important development in the way people answer the telephone. Today is the 170th anniversary of the birth of one the world ...

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 ...

As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll ...

but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931). To commemorate the achievements of the great American inventor, a flower-offering ceremony was held at ...