Click to open image viewer. Arthur Williams, Thomas A. Edison, John W. Lieb, Nicholas F. Brady and Thomas E. Murray in office of Mr. Murray [photoprint] CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more ...

Thomas Alva Edison died last week. His practical intelligence was a monument in his century. Thousands of obituaries were published. Some facts about Thomas Alva Edison: > He was born in a brick house ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Want to make a movie? You’ll need quality light fixtures, sound recording equipment, and a good motion picture camera. Thomas Alva Edison helped develop ...

Henry Ford and Thomas Alva Edison were the twin wizards of the first decades of the 20th century in America. They were paragons of industrial ingenuity and wealth—Ford was the richest man in the ...

Thomas Alva Edison, America’s great inventor, is the talk of the town. He is not here in person, but his marvelous “speaking machine” is and is being demonstrated in Utica for the first time. Thomas R ...

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