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He bought some patents from him.

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Q: How did george westinghouse become nikola tesla's mentor?
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Who was Nikola's mentor?

That would be George Westinghouse who paid him well and fairly.


Who was Nikola Tesla's mentor?

That would be George Westinghouse who paid him well and fairly.


Who invented alternating currents and transformers?

Nikola Tesla invented AC, probably a transformer as well but don't quote that.


Who is a rival of Edison?

Nikola Tesla Also George Westinghouse (famous for invention and commercialization of ac current as electrical system vs. Edison's dc current - Westinghouse won that one!)


Did Nikola Tesla work anywhere else?

He emigrated from Croatia to the USA at the age of twenty-eight, where he worked first with Edison and then with George Westinghouse.


Why did Tesla's alternating current system become the standard for providing electricity?

In the "War of Currents", George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current for electric power distribution over alternating current advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. AC was and it is the best system.


Who did Nikola Tesla work for before westinghouse?

He worked for edison.


Did Nikola Tesla put a patent on alternating currents?

Yes he did. In 1885 George Westinghouse, head of the Westinghouse Electric Company, bought the patent rights to Tesla's system of dynamos, transformers and motors. Westinghouse used Tesla's alternating current system to light the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago.


Who invented the AC?

George Westinghouse invented a better way to deliver electricity to consumers in sweatshops and other jobs before and during the Great Depression. Westinghouse debated over the Alternative Current and the Direct Current with Thomas Edison.


Where was the first hydro electric plant built?

Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse built the first hydro-electric power plant in 1895 in Niagara Falls and started the electrification of the world.


Who Did Nikola Tesla work with?

Nikola Tesla worked with Thomas Edison for a brief time, and then when on his own. He worked in his lab and made over 700 today products including the radio and AC electricity. He also started off with looking for some one to help him and that's when he met George Westinghouse.


Who did Nikola Tesla work for?

Westinghouse....Buffalo Ny ...the office stood on the same ground where the Buffalo internatinal Airport now stands