On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

In 1879, Thomas Edison had just perfected the world’s first practical light bulb and was in the middle ... But Christmas and strings of electric light wouldn’t be tied together for three ...

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...

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

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment ... charging crowds to drum up excitement. When Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, its exact value ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

Mr DeGraaf said Edison cut ties with the electric light ... bulb manufacturer. “In many parts of the world, if you ask someone to name the greatest inventor, chances are they will say ‘Thomas ...

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 ...

On September 4, 1882, a significant chapter in the history of electricity began when Thomas Edison opened the Pearl Street Station in New York City. This was the first commercial electric power ...