[Phono-L] Edison vs Tesla

[Andrew Baron]

Very well stated.   Refer to the January 1915 E.P.M. for Tesla's  
letter to Edison.

Best to all,
Andy Baron

On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:40 AM, DanKj wrote:

> "The History Channel" is running yet another mis-informed story  
> about the alleged "feud" between Tesla and Edison.  "Edison hated  
> Tesla, Tesla was cheated", blah blah blah.
>
> The reality is that both of them hardly ever mentioned the other,   
> and when each had a disaster, the other responded with kindness.   
> When Tesla's lab burned to the ground, he was invited to bring his  
> work to the Edison lab in NJ - and he accepted. When Edison had a  
> huge fire in 1914, Tesla sent a messsage of sympathy.  Hate? Hardly.
>
> The whole "feud" business is a conflation of the brief "war of the  
> currents" between Edison's system and Westinghouse. Westinghouse  
> bought many Tesla patents (which required a great deal of  
> Westinghouse work to make practical) , thus the confusion. Once  
> Edison got out of the electricity generation business, there was no  
> conflict.
>
> Both Tesla and Edison were brilliant, great men,  but making them  
> into petulant, battling children diminishes both.   They had their  
> strengths and weaknesses, as do we all.
>
>
>
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