Thomas Edison released his famous lightbulb in 1879, but before him, Joseph Swan received the first British patent for an ...

More than a century after its invention, illustrators still use a lit bulb to symbolize a great idea. Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison, who created the first commercial ...

The history of the semi-truck dates back to Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1890s — back before even the Model T had hit the road. Alexander Winton, founder of the Winton Motor Carriage Company, was one ...

The automotive industry has been male-dominated since time immemorial. Men founded most, if not all, car companies and created the cars, too. But some vital contributions and innovations are actually ...