Born 166 years ago on Feb. 11, 1847, Thomas Edison was an incredibly successful inventor, scientist, and businessman, accumulating 1,093 patents in his lifetime. Although the man from Milton ...

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 Edison has 1,093 patents to his name. He and his associates worked long hours every day, six days a week at his Menlo Park laboratory, with the goal of developing "a minor invention every ...

Thomas Edison is best known for his contributions ... real estate as he had hoped, but it cemented his legacy as a clever inventor. This style of architectural design and building technology ...

This sense of showmanship was shared by Thomas Edison, who shrewdly realized that making an impression was often as important as providing a worthwhile invention. His demonstration of the electric ...

it’s believed Ford subjected the Ecometer to a battery of tests so that he wouldn’t risk offending Edison. Thomas Jr. dreamed ...

Thomas A. Edison has taken out probably more patents, says The New York Sun, than any other inventor. He owes his fortune and his fame to some of ;hem ; he has lost greater fortune and perhaps ...

Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the ...