Edison vs Tesla: The Battle for Electric Power–Part 2

Edison vs Tesla: The Battle for Electric Power–Part 2

So, what exactly changed on May 1, 1893? Lighting up Chicago Westinghouse had managed to win the bid to illuminate the Chicago World’s Fair, the first all-electric fair in history. The previous year, financier JP Morgan had facilitated the merger of Thomas Edison’s...
Edison vs Tesla: The Battle for Electric Power–Part 2

Edison vs Tesla: The Battle for Electric Power

The year was 1887… It was a battle royale – Jefferson vs Adams, the North vs the South, Hulk Hogan vs Randy Macho Man Savage, Jobs vs Wozniak, Trump vs Clinton… AC vs DC. And when the dust settled, the guy who won really lost and the guy who lost became the...