[GreenKeys] Teletype and Telsa

[Keith Densmore]

And I recall seeing a disgusting video archive of Edison publicly 
electrocuting an elephant in an attempt to show his method of electrical 
conduction better!

Cheers All
Keith



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McConnell" <rmcconne at lightlink.com>
To: <Til128 at aol.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Teletype and Telsa


> Til128 at aol.com wrote:
>> I stand corrected on the spelling of Tesla.
>
>> Strange I never heard of  Tesla.
>> Must have been under a rock in my formative  years.
>> Tom
>
> A lot of people have never heard of Nikolai Tesla, and one Thomas Alva 
> Edison fervently wished he had never heard of him. They butted heads more 
> than once over the best form of distribution for electricity. Edison built 
> up a business distributing DC, but Tesla showed that AC distribution was 
> much more efficient and safer. Most of his ideas were way outside of the 
> mainstream for his time, and some of them still have not been fully 
> exploited.
>
> Bob McConnell
> N2SPP
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