I don’t have a mind or adequate tolerance of numbers to discuss the article at this time, but I’ve always been fascinated with Tesla the man. I’ve always heard that most of his theories were taken or stolen by Westinghouse Appliances or Thomas Edison. Were he around today, N. Tesla would likely be diagnosed as on the spectrum with Aspergers Syndrome with OTC affectations. Some of the medicines he would receive for those conditions just might block the spark of creativity and the joy of experimentation that defined him.
I agree. Well said.
Tesla was a genius and yes, they stole all his ideas.
A man WAY before his time.
Edison stole a lot from everyone during his time.
George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla were very good friends. Tesla gave everything they had in common to Westinghouse when his company went broke in an attempt to assist him. Tesla never recovered from the loss, but later steadfastly refused to take anything from Westinghouse.
“Were he around today, N. Tesla would likely be diagnosed as on the spectrum with Aspergers Syndrome with OTC “
Which, ironically, is what Elon Musk of Tesla has.
Actually, the Freemasons found him thru George Westinghouse, who teamed with Tesla to bring AC to the world to compete with Edison’s DC electric propagation. George was flush from inventing the Westinghouse train brake system still used today. When it came time to expand, they sought out the banker JP Morgan, who was backing Edison. JP thought Tesla had the better plan, but balked over paying patent fees to Tesla for all the AC devices that made or used AC current. So Tesla tore up the patents, got the financing, and set up a laboratory in NYC.
This is usually followed by the story of the Freemasons and Chicklets brought into the world to help another famous Freemason, Santa Ana of the Alamo fame. Santa Ana was released by Sam Houston after giving a sign of distress known among Freemasons. He went back to Mexico for awhile to lead the country, but pretty much went broke. His Masonic friends invited to NYC, and one of them, bro. Wrigley, worked with Santa Ana to bring Chicklets chewing gum (chicle) into being.