Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931.

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers once served as a winter home for Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.

Born 166 years ago on Feb. 11, 1847, Thomas Edison was an incredibly successful inventor, scientist, and businessman, accumulating 1,093 patents in his lifetime. Although the man from Milton ...

From the very beginning, the movie industry was controlled by patents and lawsuits. Thomas Edison, an inventor of early cameras and projectors, and a savvy business man, was quick to patent his ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931 ... documents about de Martinville which were being stored at the French Patent Office. They found a patent that de Martinville had logged in the ...

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

In the fall of 1922, a film crew came to West Orange, New Jersey to document Thomas Edison going about his ... for producing one of his most famous inventions: his incandescent light bulb.

Back in 1885, Thomas Edison was one of the original snowbirds ... WATCH: Fort Myers museum is home to various inventions and artifacts by 3 innovators Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort ...