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Thomas Edison was married to Mary Stilwell for thirteen years, from 1871 - 1884
Thomas Edison was the inventor of watch.
Thomas Edison invented his version of the light bulb in 1879. He added a special filament and made it able to be utilized by the public.
The first phonograph was patented by Thomas Edison in 1877.
Thomas Edison invented these things as well as many others in his workshop.
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.
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!)
Edison was promoting DC as the safer choice. Tesla worked for Westinghouse who promoted AC as it was far more cost effective and couple be sent over far greater distances
One who competed in a big way with Edison was George Westinghouse. Edison championed the idea of using DC current while Westinghouse was developing an AC system. Copy and paste this link for more information: http://www.georgewestinghouse.com/
In the "War of Currents" era in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. Edison had major flaws in his DC machine. Tesla made it work right. Edison has the pattent. In few words looking back in time, research shows that Edison had his inventors working for him getting him the patents. Edison never had ideas like Tesla had.
In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes, "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. resources: wikipedia
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George Westinghouse, Jr was an American entrepenur and engineer who invented the railroad air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. Westinghouse was one of Thomas Edison's main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. Westinghouse's system using alternating current ultimately prevailed over Edison's insistence on direct current. In 1911, he received the AIEE Adisson's Medal 'For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating current system light'.
Tesla and Edison became involved with this issue since Edison was working in the monopoly of the electric system based on his direct current system. Using direct current to light houses is more costly and dangerous that using alternant current. So, Tesla won the war.If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.New York Times (19 October 1931)
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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.
He worked for edison.