Thomas Edison vs. Nikola Tesla
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. 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. In 1888, Tesla devised a better system of transmission, the AC (alternating current) system used in houses around the world today. By using Tesla's newly developed transformers, AC could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires. Edison's DC couldn't be stepped up, required a large power plant every square mile and thick cables for transmission. So in 1890, Tesla invented a motor to run on AC, the same type of motor used in every household appliance today Tesla solved this problem and proved them all wrong. But Edison soon had too......
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