Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

NEW DELHI: People's love for vintage materials drastically entered the world of lighting when Edison bulbs came back into use. These days one can get the best of both the worlds, the appearance of an ...

As I research my family history, preparing a book about my grandmother Madeleine Edison Sloane, “Edison’s Daughter,” I occasionally come across holiday pictures of Glenmont. This was my ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

NEW DELHI: The name antique filament light bulbs and vintage light bulbs are commonly used to describe Edison bulbs. These bulbs are the perfect reflection of the wound filament bulbs designed by ...

140 years after its invention, the Edison light bulb is having another moment. Now Edison-style bulbs are the center of a new lawsuit. The University of California Santa Barbara is suing five major ...

EDISON – This summer, when the monument to Thomas Alva Edison on Christie Street reopens after two years of renovations, a small but symbolically significant change will take place. The 14-foot-tall ...

If my great-grandfather, Thomas Edison, were alive today, I have no doubt he’d view Congress as most Americans do — with anger and disgust. His reasons would be personal, however. The House ...

I can’t remember the first restaurant in which I really paid attention to the Edison light bulbs. They’re not something you notice, necessarily. They’re part of the atmosphere—you bask in their soft ...

The transaction represented a symbolic closing to G.E.’s opening chapters in the second Industrial Revolution. By Michael Levenson More than 140 years after Thomas Edison and his assistants conducted ...