Want to make a movie? You’ll need quality light fixtures, sound recording equipment, and a good motion picture camera. Thomas Alva Edison helped develop all three technologies. He was born in Milan, ...

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On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 ...

Thomas Edison's famous quote, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work," powerfully emphasizes ...

Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light and sound for humankind, invented the phonograph at his New Jersey laboratory on this day in history, Aug. 12, ...

From the electric light and the telegraph to the fuel cell and the universal stock printer, Thomas Edison made magic from his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey (now named after the inventor). In an ...

Thomas Edison is often credited with recording the first human sound. In reality, that achievement belongs to a French ...

Thomas Edison often claimed that Oct. 22, 1879 was the first successful test of his famous light bulb and, hence, the true anniversary of its creation. It was on this date that his incandescent light ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Want to make a movie? You’ll need quality light fixtures, sound recording equipment, and a good motion picture camera. Thomas Alva Edison helped develop ...