Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

We have William Potts, a Detroit police officer who had studied electrical engineering, to thank for the yellow light, but as a municipal employee he could not patent his invention. By 1930 ...

What endures most about Coolidge is his character: he is the antithesis of the self-promoting modern politician.

Two Lights for Tomorrow” is a nationwide initiative by the National Commission, to commence the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America.

With cars came traffic, and with increased traffic came collisions. The first electric traffic light was invented and installed in Salt Lake City in 1912 by Lester Wire, a police detective who had ...

I feel she has done that again this morning.” Shadow Of Light (William Buick, left) gallops on the Rowley Mile with Highland AvenueCredit: Edward Whitaker Buick partnered Middle Park and Dewhurst ...

The nature of the needle is to return to its original completeness. As its body is very light and straight, it must indicate straight lines. It responds to the chhi by orientation, being central to ...

In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot ... So died the one and only official Ferris wheel. But the invention lives on in the ubiquitous imitators inspired by the pleasure ...

A Unifor union rep at the Ontario production facility where GM builds the all electric Chevy BrightDrop van is temporarily halting production of the commercial EV due to slow sales – but with ...

At both firms he worked as a technical advertising specialist. Next, he obtained a position as editor of Electric Light & Power magazine in Boston MA, a trade magazine serving the electric utility ...