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.
Nikola Tesla worked for Edison making the Edison Direct currrent machine workable because Edison and his scientists could not make it work properly. Edison was not good to his word and negleted the promise money he offered. Nikola parted his way and now we have his inventions.
Tesla and Edison went to history as inventors yet both had a different perseption in their work. Today's electricity is based in the invention of Nikola Tesla because alternate current is better than direct current. Edison got the patent on direct current engine wchich he could not make it work properly. Tesla fixed that when he was working for him. That is the last thing he did for him.
Some of his friends were Mark Twain,Robert Underwood Johnson,Katharine Underwood Johnson,and George Westinghouse.
Before the War of the Currents, Nikola Tesla worked for Thomas Edison at the Edison Machine Works in the 1880s. Initially, Tesla admired Edison and sought to improve Edison's direct current (DC) electrical systems. However, tensions arose due to disagreements over electrical engineering principles and Edison's refusal to support Tesla's ideas for alternating current (AC) technology, leading to Tesla's departure and the eventual rivalry that defined the War of the Currents.
Nikola Tesla immigrated to the United States in 1884. He arrived in New York City with little money and limited English skills, but he quickly found work with Thomas Edison. Tesla later went on to develop his own inventions and become a prominent figure in electrical engineering.
Edison was the rival. Tesla won the current war.
The name of Edison's main rival was Nikola Tesla.
Nikola Tesla was Thomas Edison's most famous rival. The two were involved in the "War of Currents," a competition to establish whether direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) would become the standard for electric power transmission. Tesla's work on AC systems ultimately prevailed over Edison's DC systems.
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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!)
That was Nikola Tesla. He and Edison disagreed on whether long-distance power transmission should be direct current (DC) as Edison wanted, or alternating current (AC) as Tesla wanted. For some very reasonable and practical reasons, Tesla won out, and today our power is transmitted and used as AC.
He worked for edison.
Tesla moved to the United States in 1884. When he arrived, he worked as an assistant to Thomas Edison, then in his late 30's. Edison had just invented the electric light bulb, but he needed a system to distribute electricity to houses. He designed a DC (direct current) system, but it had many bugs in it. Edison promised Tesla lots of money in bonuses if he could get the bugs out. Tesla took the challenge and ended up saving Edison over $100,000, which was millions of dollars by today's standards. Edison later refused to keep his promise. Tesla quit not long after that, and Edison spent the rest of his life trying to discredit Tesla which is the main reason why he is so unknown today. Edison was envious of him and instead of working a relatioship and working with him, the rest is known.
Two words, Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla met when Tesla started working for Edison at his company, Edison Machine Works, in 1884. Tesla made significant contributions to the company, but the two inventors had contrasting views on electricity and eventually parted ways due to disagreements on alternating current versus direct current.
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