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The Edison Electric Light Company held its annual meeting yesterday, and added two important names to its Board of Directors. Henry Villard was elected in place of A.J. Thomas, ...

On December 22, 1882, Edward H. Johnson—an impressively mustachioed inventor and vice president at the Edison Electric Light Company—set up a holiday-themed display in his Manhattan home to ...

The “lights were turned on” at the Edison Electric Light Company as it began operation on October 15, 1878. In short, the company provided financial support for Edison’s electric light experiments in ...

But first, Edison established the Edison Electric Light Co., assigned 2,500 shares to himself and sold 500 shares to investors including William Vanderbilt. Edison’s team made two major innovations.

That Christmas, the vice president of the Edison Electric Light Company celebrated by wrapping 80 red, white and blue bulbs around the Christmas tree he set up at his home on East 36th Street.

Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It completely transformed homes, cities, and industries worldwide, going ...

On May 19, 1884, council considered proposals from the Hazleton Gas Co. and the electric company for street lighting. The gas company proposed lighting the borough’s 76 gas lamps from dark until ...

But being the bright sparks that they were, they eventually combined to form the Ediswan company, which became General Electric in 1892. But again, Edison wasn't the first.

The common belief that Thomas Edison singlehandedly invented electric lighting in 1879 isn’t true. The first electric light was the arc light, invented by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807.