The carbon filament used in Edison’s 1897 light bulb experiments generated the precise amount of heat needed to produce ...

According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the extreme conditions created inside Edison’s carbon filament bulbs in those ...

These 10 technological marvels had cultural implications that its inventors could barely have imagined.

Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light and sound for humankind, invented the phonograph at his New Jersey laboratory on this day in history, Aug. 12, ...

A fter more than fifty years of uninterrupted fertility in invention, during which he has not only begotten but continuously fathered the electrical era, Thomas Alva Edison believes that we have only ...

When people think of Thomas Edison, they often picture a glowing light bulb and a man who seemed to invent endlessly. What is less often noticed is the system that made his inventing possible: patents ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Thomas Edison might be the most ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

Thomas Edison has insisted that ideas must be followed by patient, steady labour. His words have urged inventors and workers ...