RE: real life applications, steered back on topic

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Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>


>  > If I not mistaken he was admired by Einstein.
>       I'd be interested in a cite.
>
> Try the Tesla Society.
> http://www.teslasociety.com/einsteinletter.jpg

> Can someone translate this to English please.
       OCR, then many machine translations are available.
       latter step is iffy.

>   > I have faith and much evidence that he was a genius.
>       concur, however even geniuses are not always right.
>       cf Einstein, for one.
>
>   > The mere fact that he considered Edison's DC as folly is noticed by
> me every time I look out the window or drive down the road studying
> the grid.
>      Varies depending on where on the grid one is.
>      I routinely drive under a +/-500KV _DC_ international power
>      line, calmly moving megwatts, likely including some of those
>      that power this message.
>
> Maybe so but it comes through the transformer out on the pole that has
> been there 50 years.
>
> Yes one runs down the Sacramento- San Joaquin Valley PG&E from Diablo
> Nuclear Plant I think and Lake Shasta.
>
> Have you hooked this to your service entrance yet? :-^)
       Give it time.
       Technology changes what is 'best', sometimes.

        best
         dwp