Re: What chance do we have?

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

according to a biography I am now reading, westinghouse was in financial
trouble due to the royalty due Tesla (so many $$ per HP of delivered
electrical power) and went to tesla and asked for help - since tesla wished
his AC motors and AC power to be adopted, he tore up the contracts, thus
effectively giving away several millions of dollars in royalties.  According
to this biography, westinghouse is not at all the bad guy.

Ref:  Tesla, man out of time by Margaret Cheney, 1993, barnes & noble
Bill
www.home.labridge-dot-com/~wnoble
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> As to whether or not Westinghouse screwed Tesla, I think it's
> impossible to say.  I have a very near relative whose handling of
> matters financial reminds me a lot of what I have read of Tesla.  He has
> grand ambitions but money slips through his hands like sand and he just
> can't complete any of his grandiose projects!
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> Ed
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