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 ...

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 ...

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 ...