Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Granville T. Woods was one of the most prolific Black inventors in the ...

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, ...

Everyone knows we have to thank Thomas Edison for inventing the electric lightbulb, one of the most impactful innovations in human history ... or do we? Regarded by many as the greatest inventor of ...

Name any common electrical or entertainment device from before 1920 and there's a good chance Thomas A. Edison invented it. But there's also a chance that Edward H. Amet invented it, too. Indeed, Amet ...

The scratchy, 12-second audio clip of a woman reciting the first verse of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" doesn't sound like much. But the faint, 123-year-old recording — etched into a warped metal ...

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, and he’d bite the piano.

FALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a headstone and memorial for 19th century Black inventor Lewis Howard Latimer at Oak Grove Cemetery. Latimer, ...