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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.

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 ...

Ever wonder what a hot journalistic exclusive looked like in 1919? Well, you’re looking at it. Not just a pair of hands—it’s the only authentic photograph of Mr. [Thomas] Edison’s hands ...

Here are some by facts about Edison and the statue, by the numbers: 1,093 : The number of patents Edison registered in the United States. 106 : The largest number of U.S. patents Edison secured in ...