The transaction represented a closing to G.E.’s opening chapters in the second Industrial Revolution. The company traces its roots to Edison’s experiments in his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., which made him the first recipient of a United States patent for an incandescent lamp in 1880. It was one of 1,093 U.S. patents Edison received, more than any other inventor in American history.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2020 04:52 UTC