RE: What chance do we have?

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Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>


AC currents were known before Tesla but no one knew how to build an AC
motor. Tesla discovered the first AC motor, a three phase induction motor
(not synchronous) that is still used today.

John Couture

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Subject: Re: What chance do we have?


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