He lost all credibility when he electrocuted the elephant. He also invented a fluorescent tube, but lost interest in it. Instead of using UV from ionized mercury vapor, he was going to use x-rays. He could have killed the entire working class after giving them a wonderful tan.
Edison couldn’t compare to Tesla for talent and ideas. Edison was a businessman & mostly took credit for the inventiveness of his employees. He was so jealous of Tesla that he tried, about 90% successfully to ‘Erase’ him from history and a big part of that was due to Tesla’s AC current working so much better than the DC current that Edison championed.
Algolei I over 2 years ago
He forgot to mention the elephant in the room: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant
Meg: All Seriousness Aside over 2 years ago
Which also explains why Beta lost to VHS.
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
He lost all credibility when he electrocuted the elephant. He also invented a fluorescent tube, but lost interest in it. Instead of using UV from ionized mercury vapor, he was going to use x-rays. He could have killed the entire working class after giving them a wonderful tan.
joe.altmaier over 2 years ago
AC also could be transmitted over arbitrarialy long distances. DC cannot. So AC has the advantage of ACTUALLY WORKING.
olmon over 2 years ago
Edison couldn’t compare to Tesla for talent and ideas. Edison was a businessman & mostly took credit for the inventiveness of his employees. He was so jealous of Tesla that he tried, about 90% successfully to ‘Erase’ him from history and a big part of that was due to Tesla’s AC current working so much better than the DC current that Edison championed.