While Thomas Edison is credited with the light bulb, its invention was a collective, century-long effort. Early pioneers like ...

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In the words of Thomas Edison, “There’s a better way to do it – find it.” Words that the famous inventor lived by at his red-brick factory on Main Street in West Orange, where he developed ...

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847, but raised in Port Huron, Michigan. His mother was a former school teacher who taught Edison reading, writing, and mathematics.

An early sketch of a light bulb made by Thomas Edison on February 13, 1880. The year before, the inventor had demonstrated his long-lasting bulb before a crowd of hundreds at his Menlo Park ...

Thomas Edison told journalists they would each receive a brief, private demonstration of the new light bulb’s capacities. They could marvel at what he had achieved before he swiftly ushered them ...