The township's motto references one of its most notable residents: Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph and more than 1,000 other patented innovations. Three years ago ...

Nearly 20 years before he became president, Illinois' favorite son was facing off against then-state Auditor James Shields ...

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 ...

Inspiration is unfair. Most inventors get a miserly one or two good ideas during their careers, while it rewards a select few ...

The 20th century, sometimes known as the 1900s, was a crucial time for business, industry, and trade. The globe had trem ...

The world’s first audio recordings were made on a “Phonograph,” invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1877. It used cylinders that ... into a machine that had won the Grand Prix for its inventor: Valdemar ...

“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas Edison, American inventor who developed the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the electric light bulb. As quoted in ...