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Re:edison
Nikola Tesla was the genius inventor, and George Westinghouse was the
marketing genius that had the money and know-how to sell them.
Tesla countered Edison's gory electrocution demonstrations with some of his
own. He would show how DC arcs would not stop once started, destroying
everything in their vicinity; AC self-extinguished almost immediately. He
would use transformers to step voltage up (and current down), pass the
electricity through himself, then step it down again to light banks of light bulbs.
Edison was truly a genius, but essentially none of his inventions survive
today. The closest might be the light bulb, except that he isn't the one who
made it practical (tungsten filament, inert gas). But dozens of Tesla's
inventions are still in widespread usage.
Lee Hart If you would not be forgotten
4209 France Ave. N. Soon as you are dead and rotten
Robbinsdale, MN 55422 USA Either write things worth the reading
phone (612) 533-3226 Or do things worthy of the writing
e-mail XURQ03A@prodigy.com (Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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