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Nikola Tesla Written by William H. Terbo |
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Together Westinghouse and Tesla fought the
famous
“Battle of the Currents” while being faced with one of the most vicious
campaigns in the history of modern technological innovation.
Fueled by the worldwide prestige and financial self-interest
of Thomas Edison, no fraudulent demonstration or
misrepresentation was beyond the tactic of this icon as
the “All American boy” hero! After proving the AC concept
at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, their victory
culminated in the 1896 harnessing and distribution of the
electric power potential of Niagara Falls using the
Tesla/Westinghouse Alternating Current System. No story of George Westinghouse would be complete without defining his “perfect partnership” with Nikola Tesla. There was much more to their partnership than a timely coincidence of interest in a specific element of new technology. Each saw in the other parallels of vision, ethics, bearing and an innate sense of social responsibility. They both desired that their life accomplishments would lead to the betterment of mankind. While their later scientific interest diverged as Tesla went on to fundamental inventions in radio, high-frequency phenomena and robotics they remained close in their outlooks. Tesla's grandnephew William H. Terbo talks more in depth about his relationship with Westinghouse in an on-screen interview as part of the Westinghouse DVD. |
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