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 did not invent the light bulb, ... 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, ...

An 1880 Edison light bulb ... In this business, the Holy Grails are bulbs designed by Thomas Edison. Shapiro owns many Edison bulbs, and has paid as much as five figures apiece.

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 ...

In the autumn of 1878, Thomas Alva Edison had a problem. He hadn’t invented the light bulb —yet. Or, to put it more precisely, he had invented a light bulb, but he couldn’t keep it lit for ...

You can't buy incandescent light bulbs anymore. With a few exceptions, the bulbs – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – have ...

OWINGS MILLS, Maryland − One of the world's great collectors of his kind was nervous, just a bit so. Chad Shapiro gradually turned up the juice on his nearly 140-year-old light bulb. Its ...

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Acknowledgments. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas ...

In the words of Thomas Edison, “There’s a better way to do it – find it.” Words that the famous inventor lived by at his red-brick factory on Main Street in West Orange, where he developed ...