Edison is also such an incredible example of persistence. It is said that he failed 999 times to make a working electric ...

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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his new camera: the kinetograf. This innovation was a stepping stone to the creation of cinematic cameras and projectors.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford are famous for their innovations in electricity generation and automobiles respectively, but they were also at the forefront of a massively popular ...

Edison carbon lamp, ca.1884. Brass medium-screw base with plaster-dome insulator. Single-arch bamboo filament with copper-plated connectors, 3-piece leads, cork insulator. Ball-tipped, pear-shaped ...

STOCKBRIDGE — A warm fuzz pervades the image, issuing from a faint glow that sends flecks of color across the room. The source of the light — a lamp with fringes on its shades that almost resembles a ...

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 ...

One hundred and fifty years ago, city dwellers opened a gas valve to turn on the lights. Thomas Edison changed that. But the light bulb wasn’t Edison’s only invention. Welcome to another in our series ...