Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...

Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Back in 1885, Thomas Edison was one of the original snowbirds after building a winter estate on Florida's southwest coast. His home, known as the Seminole lodge, became a winter ...

Most of us are familiar with the adage "a day late and a dollar short." But few of us are familiar with a Thomas A. Edison's invention that was 120 years ahead of its time. In 1902, Edison announced ...

The name Edison is well known to all of us here in the Coachella Valley. As the region's largest utility, we see their trucks, use their power, and pay their bills. However, it's easy to forget the ...

Granville T. Woods was one of the most prolific Black inventors in the 19th century. In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph for trains. Woods' ...

Lewis Howard Latimer worked for Thomas Edison and drew patent diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell. A museum in Queens displays his work. By James Barron The Queens home of the Black inventor who ...