Through experimentation and with skilled scientific and technical teams working in his modern and sophisticated laboratories, Thomas Edison, the chemist, is remembered for inventions that improved the ...

Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It ...

Ten buildings in legendary inventor Thomas Edison's plant ... million in today's dollars), according to Matthew Josephson's biography. The flames had consumed years of priceless records and ...