Thomas Edison

On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received his historic patent that would lead to the expansion of electric light in the United States.

<p><span class="deck"> Three Americans created the art of the motion picture, and made it the universal language of the twentieth century</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Fifty European nations came to America on her hundredth birthday—and, for the first time, took her seriously</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Lighting Up America</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> What happened when the richest man in America decided to collect one of everything</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The men and women who labored in the ghostly light of the great screen to make the music that accompanied silent movies were as much a part of the show as Lillian Gish or Douglas Fairbanks.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">For 200 years, the United States patent system has protected, enriched, and befuddled inventors. As a tool of corporate growth in a global economy, it is now more important than ever.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The great democratic art form got off to a very rocky start. People simply didn’t want to crowd into a dark room to look at a flickering light, and it took nearly 20 years for Americans and motion pictures to embrace each other.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">It changed the course of capital punishment in America.</span></p>

<p>Thomas Edison's gift to the Christmas season</p>

<p><span class="deck">Let there be incandescent light.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> To Plan a Trip</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Wildlife, Shells, and Thomas Edison’s Laboratory</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How a debt-ridden banana republic became the greatest economic engine the world has ever known</span></p>

<p>Inventor Nikola Tesla turned to an old trick to sell the brilliant concept of alternating current, which would enable the electrical power grid and the modern machines that run off it.</p>