Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in ...

As I research my family history, preparing a book about my grandmother Madeleine Edison Sloane, “Edison’s Daughter,” I occasionally come across holiday pictures of Glenmont. This was my ...

Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, several inventors paved the way for him. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

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, ...

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, ...