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historians call it the War of the Currents. T homas Alva Edison (left) and Nikola Tesla (right) competed fiercely over the distribution of electricity via alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC). Edison supported DC, while Tesla supported AC.
1 sie 2012 · 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...
current (AC). In fact, it's hard to believe that a battle was ever waged over whether to use AC or DC (direct current) electricity—why not just choose the best form? However, at the turn of the fiventieth century, two powerful inventors battled over the future of electrical transmission, The outcome led to the interconnected power system we rely
The War of Currents - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and engineer who made numerous contributions to the development of modern electrical infrastructure.
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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.
American entrepreneur and engineer George Westinghouse introduced a rival AC-based power distribution network in 1886. The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
