What are some fun facts about Thomas Edison? Discover some interesting facts about the American inventor and businessman, and ...

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 ...

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph for trains. Woods' inventions revolutionized transportation, but he faced many challenges as a Black inventor.

The word "invention" usually brings elite tech inventors to mind. Without Thomas Edison, we wouldn't have light. Without ...

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 ...

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Today is the 170th anniversary of the birth of one the world's most famous inventors, Thomas Edison. Edison came up with lots of great inventions and here he stumbles upon an important development ...