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Here are some cool photos of electric cars from the turn of the century.. That's Thomas Edison in the photo at right, standing by GE’s Mercury Arc Rectifier. The car was considered “the most ...

1912: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a prolific inventor and physicist who was born in Milan, Ohio. He invented the kinetoscope in 1891 and in 1912 produced the first talking motion pictures.

TRENTON -- Thomas Edison State University celebrated its first graduation ceremony as a university Saturday, with over 550 graduates receiving their degrees. The school - formerly Thomas Edison ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Everyone wanted a piece of Thomas Alva Edison on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking at a U.S. Capitol dedication ceremony for a statue of the prolific inventor from tiny Milan, Ohio ...

Back in 1894, Thomas Edison unveiled a remarkable moving picture machine called the Kinetoscope in a Manhattan parlor. Some 500 people lined up to drop quarters into what was the Oculus Rift of ...

Thomas Alva Edison was an inventor unlike any throughout history—and his impact can still be felt in your everyday life. Born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847, Edison's inventions, which ...

Robert Friedman owns Thomas Edison's piano. ... The inventor of the phonograph, motion pictures and the lightbulb was hard of hearing and found his own way to experience music.