Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

When people think of Thomas Edison, they often picture a glowing light bulb and a man who seemed to invent endlessly. What is ...

This reminds us of how, in the 1880s, Edison observed current flowing in one direction through a test light bulb that ...

According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...

The discoverer of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the quadruplex telegraph, among other things, is one of the first known vegetarians.

According to experts, Edison’s most important invention wasn’t patentable, but it could benefit modern-day banks and insurers trying to reinvent their digital capabilities. Thomas Edison is one of ...

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 ...

Lewis Howard Latimer worked for Thomas Edison and drew patent diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell. A museum in Queens displays his work. By James Barron The Queens home of the Black inventor who ...