Is there anyone else that is completely fascinated with what he accomplished and what he was able to do?
Nikola Tesla
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AMAZING man he was! Shame on JP Morgan for pulling his funding right when his mind started to really get going.
Yes. Wish I had half his brain. I have a golfing buddy who is a engineer at NASA and says they still use his stuff and some of it they have not figured out. Thomas Edison and Marconi sure ripped him off. It was all political.
Brilliant man. Way, way ahead of his time. Sad end of story on his life.
Here is a good web site about him
Tesla Memorial Society of New York Website
jc
Here is a good web site about him
Tesla Memorial Society of New York Website
jc
He was a great man with move to the world
Just think of what he could have done.
Also where have you been hiding out Michael have not seen you around much. Busy at work?
Just think of what he could have done.
Also where have you been hiding out Michael have not seen you around much. Busy at work?
Im with you on that. Lots of every day things we use thanks to him, the induction motor for one comes to mind cause we use them every day on farm equipment and irigation pumps. Thats small potatoes compared to some of his bigger stuff. There are myths that he had plans to supply the world with wireless power for homes and the like. Very very intriguing when you get to reading about it.
since i saw this thread, ive been reading about him. i will keep reading about him. enlighten myself a bit.:thumb:
Edison wanted to power the world with DC electricity. While Edison was a highly motivated inventor, and a genius, he was 100% wrong about DC current being useful to power the world. It would have never worked.
Tesla knew the future would be AC current like we use today, and he was obviously right.
But Edison had too much invested in DC technology to have Tesla win the battle. So through bribery and marketing, he proceeded to demonstrate that AC electricity was too dangerous to be useful. He arranged public demonstrations of various animals being killed by huge doses of AC current. He even killed an elephant with AC power.
But then he went too far. He arranged to electrocute a death row inmate using an electric chair. His engineering was terribly wrong on the project, and he proceeded to burn, fry, and torture the victim several times before it actually killed him.
After that, Edison became a staunch opponent of capital punishment, and became a "kinder and gentler" businessman. He said it was his biggest regret of his entire life.
Tesla knew the future would be AC current like we use today, and he was obviously right.
But Edison had too much invested in DC technology to have Tesla win the battle. So through bribery and marketing, he proceeded to demonstrate that AC electricity was too dangerous to be useful. He arranged public demonstrations of various animals being killed by huge doses of AC current. He even killed an elephant with AC power.
But then he went too far. He arranged to electrocute a death row inmate using an electric chair. His engineering was terribly wrong on the project, and he proceeded to burn, fry, and torture the victim several times before it actually killed him.
After that, Edison became a staunch opponent of capital punishment, and became a "kinder and gentler" businessman. He said it was his biggest regret of his entire life.