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Originally Posted by tomphot
Tesla and Edison were very much at odds with each other
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If Edison had prevailed with his power system, we would have DC (direct current) power,
with a power station required every 4-5 miles on the grid! Teslas' AC (alternating current)
that we know today unleashed the electrical power and electronics "miracles" of the 20th
century. Edison hated Tesla viscerally and did everything he could to destroy him. He staged expositions which included electrocuting horses, elephants, and other animals,
to demonstrate the danger of the Westinghouse AC electricity (Tesla licensed his AC to Westinghouse).
Tesla should be much more celebrated today than Edison, but his legacy lives on mostly in obscurity. Such a brilliant man!!