On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment ... charging crowds to drum up excitement. When Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, its exact value ...

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs ... the lighting system Thomas Edison focused on the entire ...

In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...