To: DaveTesla
...royalty (about a penny a watt) for anything that produced or ran off alternating current. This he gave up to keep his system from being monopolized and to save George Westinghouse form a hostile takeover. I recall reading that they found hundreds of uncashed royalty checks in his hotel room when he died.
89 posted on
01/14/2005 12:22:09 AM PST by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
True
He never cashed his Social Security checks either.
90 posted on
01/14/2005 1:07:01 AM PST by
DaveTesla
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