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The 'turnabout' in inventor Thomas Edison's life began when he was only age 8. I am convinced that each of us has a 'turnabout' tale either in our past or in our future.
Thomas Edison’s 146-question employment test was so difficult that the inventor’s own son—as well as Albert ...
Over the weekend thieves broke into the Butchertown home where famed inventor Thomas Edison once lived.
Special effects have a long history in cinema, but they go back much further than you'd think, and they include an ...
Thomas Edison and his family lived in side-by-side homes on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida.
Thomas Edison once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." ...
At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly ...
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music. As someone played, the great inventor would lean in close to the instrument, right above the ...
Thomas Edison (1847-1931) did more than almost anyone else to bring the world into the modern age. He held more than 1,000 patents in all kinds of fields and was especially prolific in the area of ...
Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music. As someone played, the great inventor would lean in close to the instrument, right above the keys, and he’d bite t… ...