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 ...

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 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 ...

selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. In 1928 the Menlo Park buildings were moved from their original site in New Jersey to Dearborn where they were reconstructed ...

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

It is Thomas Edison's ... Eccentric Edison sleeps fully clothed on his laboratory floor. Eureka Edison tries hundreds of filaments for his electric light before settling on carbonized cotton ...

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 ...

In the fall of 1922, a film crew came to West Orange, New Jersey to document Thomas Edison going about his day. In this silent film, they capture the prolific inventor discussing new ideas with ...