At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...

This made Edison's light bulb not only durable but also economical, and this was a crucial factor for mass usage. Thomas Edison didn't stop at the bulb. He understood that for electric lighting to ...

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

You might have learned in school that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but the truth is much stranger (public domain) It has been known for a long time that passing a current through a wire ...

The history of how these mass-produced novelty lights became a holiday fixture is a distinctly American Christmas tale.

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

Light bulbs have been the standard mode of illuminating homes in the United States for more than a century after replacing ...