By Alison Griswold Nov 6, 2013, 9:53 AM PT Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by ...

Pretty much everyone knows that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and the light bulb, but Edison, one of history’s most prolific creators, didn’t stop there. As this exclusive clip from ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879 Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, the first practical electric incandescent lamp. The ...

This post originally appeared in Business Insider. Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself. That’s according to ...

Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb—but here’s what he did do With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world.

Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It completely transformed homes, cities, and industries worldwide, going ...

The fight over who invented the light bulb is bigger than any one man, even giants like Edison and Westinghouse. It is about the ideas these men embody: Big Business versus free enterprise.

In 1883, Edison lost his light bulb patent when the U.S. Patent Office ruled his work had been based on that of another inventor, William Sawyer. After a number of court hearings, that ruling ...

Illustration by Meilan Solly / Background via Library of Congress In the autumn of 1878, Thomas Alva Edison had a problem. He hadn’t invented the light bulb —yet.

Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera, microphone, and phonograph. But none has been more famous than his improvements to the light bulb, which ...