Early automobiles didn’t use light bulbs, instead, they relied on acetylene gas lamps and oil-fueled lanterns before electric headlights became the norm.
Thomas Alva Edison, a prolific inventor, shaped modern life with inventions like the electric bulb. His success stemmed from immense patience and resi ...
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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 ...
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Car headlights existed before light bulbs, so how did they work
As we grapple with the demise of laser headlights in the US, as reported on August 18, 2025, and the compatibility issues of ...
We’re all susceptible to believing a few fibs every now and then, but some falsehoods are so deeply rooted in our culture ...
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The diesel 100 years later
The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with CNJ No. 1000.
The company was created well over a century ago, in 1892, by Thomas Alva Edison, the genius American innovator who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture camera, ...
Courtesy of Becker Kotub '28 In the 21st century, innovation in the world of engineering is a word that is not used very ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Original documents and papers ...
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 ...
A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over ...
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