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#101348 - War of Currents: Edison vs. Tesla |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents
"In the "War of Currents" era in the late 1880s, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over the more efficient alternating current (AC) advocated by Tesla. During the initial years of electricity distribution, Edison's direct current was the standard for the United States and Edison was not disposed to lose all his patent royalties. Direct current worked well for the incandescent lamps that were the principal load of the day. From his work with rotary magnetic fields, Tesla devised a system for generation, transmission, and utilization of AC power. He partnered with George Westinghouse to commercialize this system. Westinghouse had previously bought the rights to Tesla's polyphase system patents and other patents for AC transformers from Lucien Gaulard and John Dixon Gibbs. ... " |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| War of Currents: Edison vs. Tesla | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| So who won? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Electric Chair | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the other way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Ferranti | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Tesla was the first | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Deptford | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| wiki:Ferranti | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Efficiency? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Closed loop | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
's true | 01/01/70 00:00 |