Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

The greatest scientific contributions in human history are attributed to the British scientist Isaac Newton (1643– 1727), who ...

The Museum will conduct a comprehensive Historic Structure Report (HSR) to evaluate the physical condition and history of the site. Restoric, LLC, an award-winning historic preservation firm based in ...

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch Fox News contributor and author Raymond Arroyo discuss this topic and more on "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 a.m. ET. Though Thomas Alva Edison’s creations and ...

December 24, 1877. Thomas Edison files a patent for the first phonograph capable of recording and playing sound. The groundbreaking product was a byproduct of Edison’s work to improve the telegraph ...

EDISON – The 100,000 residents of this Middlesex County town might be distressed to hear that its namesake – an all-around knave and idiot – stole credit for inventions, smeared his competitors and ...

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, ...

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 ...

The iconic Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum in Milan reopened after being forced to close its doors for nearly a year. Due to the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the museum shut down like the rest ...

O n January 30, 1869 an announcement appeared in the “Personal” section of The Telegrapher: “Mr. T. A. Edison has resigned his situation in the Western Union office, Boston, Mass., and will devote his ...