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War of the Currents: Thomas Edison vs Nikola Tesla (Scientific Rivalries and Scandals)

Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

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Description:In the early 1880s, only a few wealthy city dwellers enjoyed electric lighting in their homes. Everyone else had to make due with dirtier and more dangerous lighting. Eager companies wanted to be among the first to supply electric power to more Americans. Inventor Thomas Edison already had a leading role in the industry: he had invented the first reliable electrical light bulb. By 1882, his Edison Electric Light Company was distributing electricity using a system called direct current, or DC. But an inventor named Nikola Tesla challenged Edison. Tesla believed that an alternating currentor ACsystem would be better. With an AC system, one power station could deliver electricity across many miles, compared to only about one mile for DC. Each inventor had his backers. Business tycoon George Westinghouse put his money behind Tesla and built AC power stations. Meanwhile, Edison and his DC backers said that AC was dangerous. The battle over which system would become standard became known as the War of the Currents. This exciting book tells the story of that war, the people who fought it, and the ways in which both kinds of electric power changed the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War of the Currents: Thomas Edison vs Nikola Tesla (Scientific Rivalries and Scandals). To get started finding War of the Currents: Thomas Edison vs Nikola Tesla (Scientific Rivalries and Scandals), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the early 1880s, only a few wealthy city dwellers enjoyed electric lighting in their homes. Everyone else had to make due with dirtier and more dangerous lighting. Eager companies wanted to be among the first to supply electric power to more Americans. Inventor Thomas Edison already had a leading role in the industry: he had invented the first reliable electrical light bulb. By 1882, his Edison Electric Light Company was distributing electricity using a system called direct current, or DC. But an inventor named Nikola Tesla challenged Edison. Tesla believed that an alternating currentor ACsystem would be better. With an AC system, one power station could deliver electricity across many miles, compared to only about one mile for DC. Each inventor had his backers. Business tycoon George Westinghouse put his money behind Tesla and built AC power stations. Meanwhile, Edison and his DC backers said that AC was dangerous. The battle over which system would become standard became known as the War of the Currents. This exciting book tells the story of that war, the people who fought it, and the ways in which both kinds of electric power changed the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War of the Currents: Thomas Edison vs Nikola Tesla (Scientific Rivalries and Scandals). To get started finding War of the Currents: Thomas Edison vs Nikola Tesla (Scientific Rivalries and Scandals), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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