Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It ...

In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and built the first power station on Pearl Street in Manhattan in 1882, while the German inventor Werner von Siemens installed the first electric elevator ...

Unsurprisingly, this created a serious fire ... to Christmas tree fires. In 1879, Thomas Edison had just perfected the world’s first practical light bulb and was in the middle of an all-out ...

In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

This is a video recording of Francis Jehl discussing his experience working with Thomas Edison in 1879 and helping to make the first practically viable light bulb in history.

You might have learned in school that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but the truth is much stranger (public domain) It has been known for a long time that passing a current through a wire ...

While Thomas Edison may be known as the man who invented the light bulb, it can be argued that Nikola Tesla is the one who turned it on. Before the booming tech revolution of Silicon Valley ...

In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and submitted the patent for the creation. Louisville's Thomas Edison House is celebrating the 140th Anniversary of Edison's 1879 ...