[Milwaukee_Guy]

Gotta be volts....

Did anyone know that Edison promised Tesla $50,000 to develop AC distibution in the US? Edison was pushing DC current but knew it would never carry over long distances efficiently, so he hired Tesla to implement his AC system in the US.

Edison stiffed Tesla for the $50,000 by the way!

Did you know that Marconi recently lost his patent for radio and the patent was rightfully given to Tesla over a hundred years after the fact?

[Leo Carpathian]

Did anyone know that Edison promised Tesla $50,000 to develop AC distibution in the US? Edison was pushing DC current but knew it would never carry over long distances efficiently, so he hired Tesla to implement his AC system in the US.

Not really. Edison hired Tesla to fix bunch of problems he couldn't solve. Tesla did, Edison didn't pay. Tesla got pissed off, went to dig ditches in NYC and that's when the idea of rotating AC field hit him and the rest is history. We use Tesla's power AC distribution and motors, while Edison and Marconi are "famous", while Tesla's picture hangs in Ellis Island museum. Tell your children about the greatest engineering genius who gave us so much and is remembered so little.

[Sinner6]

Marconi was nothing but a dirty patent thief!

[plusone]

An excellent biography about Tesla is called 'Tesla, man out of time' by Marg Cheney. The band 'Tesla' had an album by the same title IIRC.

[ET(end tyranny)]

I knew that! And that the Smithsonian has Tesla items on display and credits them to Edison. And last I knew, no mention of Tesla at Smithsonian.

Guess we know who probably helps fund the Smithsonian.

[Colorado Doug]

Did you know that Marconi recently lost his patent for radio and the patent was rightfully given to Tesla over a hundred years after the fact?

Right on! Poor Tesla got screwed quite a bit.