The Monthly Episode - July 2022 - The Invention Episode 35

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‘The War of Currents’
Thomas Alva Edison Vs Nikola Tesla
While Thomas Edison is known for several inventions, he was
also a canny businessman who could commercialize inventions
and turn them into profitable businesses. Nikola Tesla was just
the opposite: a prolific inventor who died penniless.

When Tesla first moved to the United States, he idolized Edison
and got a job under him. However, they soon had a falling out
and Tesla resigned. An epic AC versus DC rivalry later
developed between Edison and Tesla. In the early days of
electricity, Edison held patents related to direct current and
was a proponent of using this technology to transmit electricity
over long distances. However, direct current is unwieldy and
alternating current (AC), which Tesla invented, has proven to
be a vastly superior technology for electrical transmission

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From the Editor - Ruchika Rawan

From the Editor - Ruchika Rawan

The Inventions that have changed the world

The Inventions that have changed the world

‘The War of Currents’
- Thomas Alva Edison Vs Nikola Tesla

‘The War of Currents’
- Thomas Alva Edison Vs Nikola Tesla

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