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re: So Tesla wanted to develop free wireless electricity
Posted on 6/3/15 at 4:09 pm to Napoleon
Posted on 6/3/15 at 4:09 pm to Napoleon
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Edison wanted DC power, Tesla wanted AC. Edison proved the dangers of AC by using it to kill an elephant.
That was only a drop in bucket of the shite that Edison pulled. Westinghouse bought a lot of Tesla's patents and hired him as well. Edison tried relentlessly to scare the public about the 'dangers' of AC. Not only did he fry that elephant, he electrocuted many animals trying to associate AC with death. So much so, I'm pretty certain Edison and his partner were behind the first electric chair execution. He wanted the electrical executions to be termed something like "getting Westinghoused". Edison was a ruthless bastard and somehow got written into history as a some great inventor.
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 7:58 pm to ashy larry
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So much so, I'm pretty certain Edison and his partner were behind the first electric chair execution. He wanted the electrical executions to be termed something like "getting Westinghoused". Edison was a ruthless bastard and somehow got written into history as a some great inventor.
At the time, prisons were looking for a different means of execution as hanging was considered midieval. They were offering contracts to anyone who could come up with a better solution. Edison basically "auditioned" using DC on an electric chair and fried the frick out of the poor guy in a live test in an epic fail..the public basically hated Edison and JP Morgan for it.
IIRC, right before this was when Tesla and westinghouse were awarded the Niagra falls energy contract using their AC current beating out Edison/JP Morgan (DC)
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 8:00 pm
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