IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This early Edison lamp contains a ...

These Edison Lamps aren’t using any modern LED technology, but they sure capture the look of the era from which the lightbulb came quite nicely—something refreshingly simple Starting at $205, the ...

Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous American inventor, owing to his dual roles as a world famous inventor and also a Founding Father and Statesman, but the most prolific and influential American ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When many people imagine an inventor, they think of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). One of the most prolific inventors ...

Chandeliers can be pretty classy if they’re done right, but they can also take up a lot of space and gather a lot of dust. What someone should do is make a tiny chandelier, and encase it in a light ...

Timed to mark the 131st anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison—whose birthday is marked by a Google doodle today—General Electric on October 21 unveiled an illumination ...

Phonographs were invented in 1877. The early versions had one needle for recording and another needle for playing. The music was recorded on tinfoil-coated cylinders using a needle to make tiny lines ...

That isn’t a direct quote from Thomas Alva Edison, legendary inventor of the incandescent light bulb. But to Graham Moore, author of The Last Days of Night, a historical novel released last month, ...