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At 15, Thomas Edison Pulled a Child From a Train—That Rescue Changed the Course of History.
Edison is one of the most successful inventors in history. But did you know that he got his start thanks to a good deed performed when he was a teenager?
November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...
Lewis Howard Latimer worked for Thomas Edison and drew patent diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell. A museum in Queens displays his work. By James Barron The Queens home of the Black inventor who ...
DALLAS (AP) — Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and some of the lightbulbs that he perfected sold for more than $60,000 at auction on Saturday. The keys sold for ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville is throwing a birthday bash for the famous inventor and scientist Thomas Edison. Republican New York City councilwoman calls for top mayoral candidate to be deported ...
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One Inventor That Everyone Should Know But Even Historians Forget
Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Nikola Tesla often dominate the conversation about history's most important inventors. However, there are so many others who helped shape our world, making it ...
Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...
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