Below are six unusual Thomas Edison inventions you might not be aware of the “Wizard of Menlo Park” actually conjured up. 6 Lesser Known Thomas Edison inventions 1.

Wikipedia Born 167 years ago on Feb. 11, 1847, Thomas Edison was an incredibly successful inventor, scientist, and businessman, accumulating 1,093 patents in his lifetime.

6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know Thomas Edison Invented … and One That’s Still Up for Debate Thomas Edison was one of the most prolific inventors who ever lived. We did a little digging around and ...

THOMAS EDISON, the genius inventor generally credited with the creation of the lightbulb, may have been right about the power of napping, according to an astonishing new study.

The myth of the solitary inventor -- in 8 short stories The world's most famous inventors are household names. As we all know, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell invented ...

Feb. 11, 1847 to Oct. 18, 1931 Almost entirely self-educated, Thomas Alva Edison began experimenting in the cellar of his family home around the age of 10. In 1914, it was announced that the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Thomas Alva Edison came to Louisville in 1866, at the young age of 19, to work as a telegraph key operator. He landed a job with the Western Union located on Second and ...

Thomas Edison was not the sole inventor of the light bulb. Electric lamps had been around since 1802 . Warren De La Rue, a British inventor, created one of the earliest light bulbs in 1840.

Thomas Edison's door key to the 19th century lab in New Jersey where he invented the phonograph goes up for auction this weekend, along with lightbulbs he perfected.