Re: Mutability of History. Re: kVA Effects on Broadway! (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:35:01 -0400
From: Dave Pierson <davep@xxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Mutability of History.  Re: kVA Effects on Broadway! (fwd)


>>>> Guglielmo Marconi gets lions share of credit for radio
>>>>     
>>>      He made it work, sold it, got it Really Going.
>>>      While Tesla was annoying J P Morgan enough that the money
>>>      got cut off.
>>>   
>>I have to disagree with one part of the statement, Marconi was backed by 
>>a very wealthy but fairly technologically ignorant family, the 
>>experiment that first got him noticed was basically just a hertz setup, 
>    After which Marconi worked, getting equipment up, running, selling it to
>    shipping interests, navies, etc.
      Pardon the follow on.
      One might ponder that pre Colorado Springs Tesla was a millionaire,
      as i recall.  Even after that, he had substantial money, for a time.

      J P Moragn was not, exactly, techically savvy, i think.

      best
       dwp