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The earliest known lamps are some 40,000 years old. Cave dwellers in Western Europe made them by hollowing out stones, and burning animal fat through a wick made of moss. Light is an essential part of ...

Feit Electric's Patented White Filament offers a fresh alternative to traditional yellow LED filament with a sleek minimal aesthetic that easily assimilates into any home décor style. LOS ANGELES, ...

Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...

Need something to keep you busy this weekend? We’ve got you covered. The Weekend Workshop is our weekly column in which we showcase a badass DIY project that you can complete with minimal skills and ...

An employee at GE has dug up a time capsule containing century-old lightbulbs, a few of which can still light up. An employee at GE has dug up a time capsule containing century-old lightbulbs, a few ...

The earliest white settlers around the Spokane Falls in the 1870s lit candles and lanterns against the dark of evening, but Thomas Edison and the incandescent bulb would change that in the 1880s.

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 ...

The city of Scranton took its first step toward earning its reputation as the Electric City on Dec. 6, 1880. On that date, electric lights were introduced at the Dickson Locomotive Works. This was ...