Thomas Alva Edison ... the nation, Edison was an able experimenter who took a keen interest in chemistry at a young age, and chemical applications were a central theme in many of his inventions, ...

Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time - or was he? Most people think Edison was the inventor of the ...

Joseph Swan was its inventor ... bulb to be made in large numbers in 1881, when Swan established the world's first light bulb factory at Benwell in Newcastle. In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas ...