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Re: Nikola Tesla

Subject:  Re: Nikola Tesla
  Date:   Thu, 8 May 1997 10:19:13 -0400
  From:   "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To:   "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


In the book, "Tesla, Man out of Time" by Margaret Cheney, it tells of
the
large fights between Tesla and Westinghouse and Edison.  Tesla and
Westinghouse were then partners working on AC while Edison believed in
and
worshipped DC current.  He even went as far as stealing puppies and
kittens
from the neighborhood to show how dangerous AC was by "Westinghouse-ing"
them  (electrocuting them with the Westinghouse-Tesla AC Current). 
Although Edison first created an electrical generation system and
distribution system, it was all DC.  In fact, at one point Tesla worked
for
Edison, then decided AC was more efficient and partnered with
Westinghouse
to create a new AC distribution and Generation system.  

LT

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> Subject: Nikola Tesla
> Date: Thursday, May 08, 1997 2:19 AM
> 
> Subject:       Nikola Tesla
>        Date:   Thu, 08 May 1997 09:32:24 -0700
>        From:   gene lambert <tesla-at-cyberverse-dot-com>
> Organization:  Tesla Electric, LTD
>          To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> 
> After being subscribed for six months or so, I have a question:
> 
> does anyone here have any interest in tesla the man? Although I have
> built a tesla coil, I have seen little discussion of Tesla the man here.
> Also, the implications of his ideas and inventions in civilization. If
> others here have a like mind, i'd like to draw attention to a ad from
> our electric utilities, in the February 1997 Scientific American, page
> 9. I quote:
> 
> Ideas just wouldn't be the same without Thomas Edison.
> 
> America's Eletric Utilities salute Thomas Alva Edison on the 150th
> annirversary of his birth. His ideas for the incadescent light
> transformed how we see the world. "And his development of the eletrical
> generation and distribution system brings that light into our homes"
> (qoutes mine). His countless bright ideas have made brighter lives for
> us all. AMERICAS ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES.
> 
> Does this seem misleading to anyone else?
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Gene Lambert
>