A technological battle burned hot between these two geniuses and their competing visions for the future of electricity.

Clip #2: Explain the outcome of Edison and Ford's plans as Thomas Hager discussed.

Thomas Alva Edison, a prolific inventor, shaped modern life with inventions like the electric bulb. His success stemmed from ...

In an effort to reduce emissions, governments and countries around the world are attempting to electrify as much as they can as quickly as they can. In the U.S., this raises a very important and ...

In 1900, Thomas Edison was standing in lower Manhattan waiting to take a ferry back to Jersey City, N.J. The bustling, commercial neighborhood was overrun with horse-drawn carts. Edison, ever the ...

Some say it’s the most complicated machine ever built. We rely on it not just each day, but each moment of each day. It reaches into our homes, factories, offices and stores. And at times it’s ...

The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with ...

An industry in transition -- Early competition -- Monopolists -- The golden era and shattered momentum -- Partial competition -- Stresses -- Entrepreneurs -- Modern technologies -- Barriers to ...

To preserve the legacies of some of the most consequential Americans to ever live, the industrialist Henry Ford collected and ...