| Subject: | Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights |
| From: | DaveC |
| Date: | Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:44:26 -0700 |
>At 01:05 PM 10/5/2002, DaveC wrote: >>Nikola Tesla's invention of the AC polyphase power generation and >>distribution system we use today was a real fight to get accepted, in >>the face of Edison's "marketing". > >Was it Tesla or Westinghouse? Tesla was the inventor of the polyphase AC system. The patent is in his name. Westinghouse backed him financially in the creation of the first generation station at Niagra Falls. Dave -- Dave Carpenter "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
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