One detail that's often omitted from modern founders myths is whether or not said scion of capitalist success actually invented the thing they're famous for inventing. Just like Elon Musk didn't ...

(via BBC Earth) Thomas Edison often gets credit for the invention of the light bulb, but a good argument can be made that they were around centuries earlier in the form of barometric light.

LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of electric lighting, from early incandescent lightbulbs to LED technology. - Underwood Archives // Getty Images LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of ...

Thomas Edison (aka the “Wizard of Menlo Park”) was a phenomenal genius, no doubt about it. That’s proven by the fact that Edison has 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, established America’s first ...

When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...

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Thomas Edison at the lightbulb’s golden jubilee anniversary. The story of humans trying to use light and heat to their benefit goes back to prehistoric times. The earliest use of fire for these ...

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