Edison Vs Nikola Tesla
Michael Leung
History 11CP
Research Paper
16 March 2016
Word Count: 753
Thomas Edison v. Nikola Tesla The late 19th century sparked the time of electricity, where two famous innovators, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla brought this to the world with their battles between electricity. They both influenced each other, although never agreeing together. Edison and Tesla were different inventors from other inventors during their time, but they contributed to the nation significantly in different ways. Their attributes to the world would light everything up. Thomas Edison, born on February 11, 1847 in Ohio, received education from his mother on days he was not working with his father. Growing …show more content…
Tesla quit his job in 1885 and a few years later received a number of patents for his AC technology. In 1888, he sold his patents to industrialist George Westinghouse, whose Westinghouse Electric Company had quickly become an Edison competitor. Edison, not wanting to lose the royalties he was earning from his direct current patents, began a campaign to discredit alternating current. He spread misinformation saying that alternating current was more dangerous, even going so far as to publicly electrocute stray animals using alternating current to prove his point. “If he had a needle to find in a haystack he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once, with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... I was almost 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). Tesla eventually raised enough money to produced the Tesla Electric Light Company, where he developed several successful patents including AC generators, wires, transformers, lights, and a 100 horsepower AC motor. Always more of a visionary than a businessman, Tesla ended up selling most of his patents. Edison promised him $50,000 if he succeeded. Tesla worked around the …show more content…
There are many things Edison left society that will remain a part of his legacy. His invention of the light bulb, phonograph, microphone, and many other things earned him the credit of societies all over the world. There are many different institutions, universities, hospitals, and so many other places that all hold the name Edison in some way. This is all over the world too. Tesla also made his name known around the world, he has a car company named after his last name. He gave the world its system for directing alternating current and developed the use of radio. Tesla also invented an energy weapon, created lightning. He and Edison are not just brilliant inventors during any time period, they changed the way the world sees everything and the world should thank them for what they left
History 11CP
Research Paper
16 March 2016
Word Count: 753
Thomas Edison v. Nikola Tesla The late 19th century sparked the time of electricity, where two famous innovators, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla brought this to the world with their battles between electricity. They both influenced each other, although never agreeing together. Edison and Tesla were different inventors from other inventors during their time, but they contributed to the nation significantly in different ways. Their attributes to the world would light everything up. Thomas Edison, born on February 11, 1847 in Ohio, received education from his mother on days he was not working with his father. Growing …show more content…
Tesla quit his job in 1885 and a few years later received a number of patents for his AC technology. In 1888, he sold his patents to industrialist George Westinghouse, whose Westinghouse Electric Company had quickly become an Edison competitor. Edison, not wanting to lose the royalties he was earning from his direct current patents, began a campaign to discredit alternating current. He spread misinformation saying that alternating current was more dangerous, even going so far as to publicly electrocute stray animals using alternating current to prove his point. “If he had a needle to find in a haystack he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once, with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... I was almost 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). Tesla eventually raised enough money to produced the Tesla Electric Light Company, where he developed several successful patents including AC generators, wires, transformers, lights, and a 100 horsepower AC motor. Always more of a visionary than a businessman, Tesla ended up selling most of his patents. Edison promised him $50,000 if he succeeded. Tesla worked around the …show more content…
There are many things Edison left society that will remain a part of his legacy. His invention of the light bulb, phonograph, microphone, and many other things earned him the credit of societies all over the world. There are many different institutions, universities, hospitals, and so many other places that all hold the name Edison in some way. This is all over the world too. Tesla also made his name known around the world, he has a car company named after his last name. He gave the world its system for directing alternating current and developed the use of radio. Tesla also invented an energy weapon, created lightning. He and Edison are not just brilliant inventors during any time period, they changed the way the world sees everything and the world should thank them for what they left