The Victorian electric fan bears the engraving of a young Edison and an inscription. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thomas Edison is best known for his contributions ... and durable homes made entirely of poured concrete. Edison's invention of a single-pour system for concrete construction did not revolutionize ...

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

Inventor, businessman and Ohio’s Own! Thomas Edison may have grown up in “that state up north,” but he was born and spent his ...

Throughout his career, his experiments with the telegraph inspired his other inventions. In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and submitted the patent for the creation.

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...

These inventors changed the course of history ... Ford initially stayed in Thomas Edison's guest house and then later bought property next door. Ford, Firestone and Edison were always collaborating.

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 ...

HIGASHI-OMI, Shiga Prefecture--A letter found in a museum storeroom here that was sent by Thomas Edison a century ... picture of the famed U.S. inventor. Edison (1847-1931), a prolific inventor ...

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers once served as a winter home for Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.