Re: What chance do we have?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <
Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com> 

<< One of the questions was who invented A.C. current, well 
naturally i said tesla, but when i looked it up in the book it said george 
westinghouse.   >> 

<<Hi Jeremiah, 

<< I may be wrong on this but I don't think George Westinghouse had very much 
if << anything to do with electricity. The Westinghouse Corporation was built 
on the air <<brake. The company evolved into electrical technology and 
broadcasting. 

<<Cheers, 
<<Ralph Zekelman 

Hi Ralph, Jeremiah et al. 

      Even Tesla-ites can be thin on their history. It was George 
Westinghouse who hired Tesla after he left the "loving care" of Edison. It 
was Westinghouse who financed Tesla's work on the synchronous motor, It was 
Westinghouse who bought up Tesla's existing AC generator and motor patents 
for $1,000,000, thereby allowing Tesla his lifestyle and independent 
laboratory to work in. It was the Westinghouse Electric Co. that actually 
built the first 10 dynamos for the Niagara Hydroelectric System (as designed 
by Tesla) This was the world's first workable AC transmission and 
distribution system It was also Westinghouse who built the first AC power 
plants for the New York City subway and elevated line systems. It was Tesla's 
genius that lit up the Chicago World's Fair, but it was Westinghouse's 
equipment (and money) that built the hardware. 

Cheers, 
Matt D.