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Roy Matson
You guys should read about Tesla first. Edison was promoting DC and made sure the electric chair was AC to scare people away from AC. He would electrocute animals on stage to demonstrate the danger of AC. "Tesla, a man out of time" is a must read for anyone working with electricity.
Pasted from a website about Tesla:
"Arriving in New York City with four cents in his pocket, Tesla found employment with Thomas Edison in New Jersey. Differences in style between the two men soon led to their separation. In 1885, George Westinghouse, founder of the Westinghouse Electric Company, bought patent rights to Tesla's system of alternating-current. The advantages of alternating-current over Edison's system of direct-current became apparent when Westinghouse successfully used Tesla's system to light the World Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893."
Westinghouse was also a prolific inventor, to this day most railways still use the Westinghouse brake system.
Roy
Pasted from a website about Tesla:
"Arriving in New York City with four cents in his pocket, Tesla found employment with Thomas Edison in New Jersey. Differences in style between the two men soon led to their separation. In 1885, George Westinghouse, founder of the Westinghouse Electric Company, bought patent rights to Tesla's system of alternating-current. The advantages of alternating-current over Edison's system of direct-current became apparent when Westinghouse successfully used Tesla's system to light the World Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893."
Westinghouse was also a prolific inventor, to this day most railways still use the Westinghouse brake system.
Roy