Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images ...

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 keys, ...

Thomas Edison’s quote about persistence highlights the importance of resilience, determination and refusing to give up, even ...

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 West ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

Inventor Granville T. Woods was working as an electrical engineer in Cincinnati in 1884 when he received his first patent, No. 299,894, for a steam-boiler furnace. A few years later, the American ...