Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...

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Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

Thomas Edison, one of the world’s most successful inventors of the 19th century, illuminated the night by inventing the light bulb and a revolutionary electricity distribution system. That legacy is ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

The father, brethren and children of Electric Light will shortly begin celebrating handsomely its 50th anniversary. The father, Thomas Alva Edison, will remain at his rubber experiments in Fort Myers, ...

In February 1881, Thomas Edison established the headquarters of the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City. Edison's goal of electrifying Lower Manhattan had stalled for two years while Edison ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A box containing 23 lightbulbs used at the 1890 court case where Thomas Edison defended his patent for the invention is to be auctioned later this month and is expected to fetch up ...

Thomas Edison may not think this is a bright idea: General Electric is trying to rid itself of the light bulb business that has symbolized the company for 125 years. GE, a conglomerate cofounded by ...