According to one Thomas Edison biography, with daughter Madeline, he’d reportedly present impromptu quizzes at the breakfast table and apply a hot spoon to the back of her hand if she answered ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

If he has any love left over for some other person he generally selects Mark Twain." — Thomas Edison Born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, Samuel Clemens moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a ...

Ten buildings in legendary inventor Thomas Edison's plant ... million in today's dollars), according to Matthew Josephson's biography. The flames had consumed years of priceless records and ...

YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine here is a government-designated national treasure, but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931).