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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:00:00 PM EDT
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He was remembered in Clash of Clans.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:00:22 PM EDT
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Because he never got his doomsday machine to work. If he had only finished it we would all know him.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:00:35 PM EDT
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What makes you think he's forgotten?
Is anybody opening up this thread thinking, "Nick-o-who?!" I'm just not seeing it. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:00:49 PM EDT
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Wtf are you talking about op? He makes cars.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:01:03 PM EDT
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Because he never got his doomsday machine to work. If he had only finished it we would all know him. Or would we? |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:01:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is it because of his extreme eccentricity? Because he was an immigrant? Because those who disliked him became successful? What say you? |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:01:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
He was remembered in Clash of Clans. 
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:01:56 PM EDT
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Because Tupac Shakur alive in Serbia.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:02:02 PM EDT
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He was Alpha'd by Edison.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:02:03 PM EDT
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Because he was anti-capitalist, trying to create "free" energy and shit....
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:05:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What makes you think he's forgotten? Is anybody opening up this thread thinking, "Nick-o-who?!" I'm just not seeing it. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:05:52 PM EDT
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Because history hardly ever remembers the guys who invent the pond, only the guys who created the biggest ripples.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:06:17 PM EDT
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Even after everything he contributed, and how little he got in return, they tore down his tower at Wardencliffe because they were afraid he was an enemy agent.
Not to mention the public smear campaign Edison ran against him. Four generations of my family went through school never hearing the name Tesla in history class, I didn't learn about him until after highschool and I'm in my mid 30s. Hopefully the children growing up today, when Tesla is much more well known, will learn about him and everything he did for us. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:07:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:07:51 PM EDT
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Is it because of his extreme eccentricity? Because he was an immigrant? Because those who disliked him became successful? What say you? Westinghouse and (con)Edison still exist and are household names. When they were alive they spent a lot of money to overshadow his achievements. It was pretty cut throat between the three. The victors get to write history and tesla was a failure and bankrupt when he died. Elton Musk has done him a great posthumous honor to revive the name and hopefully spark new interest in the man himself. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:08:47 PM EDT
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Don't worry he apparently has plenty of fellators online.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:09:32 PM EDT
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Or would we? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because he never got his doomsday machine to work. If he had only finished it we would all know him. Or would we? 
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:09:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Four generations of my family went through school never hearing the name Tesla in history class, I didn't learn about him until after highschool and I'm in my mid 30s. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:10:33 PM EDT
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We named our cat Tesla because he likes to chew on electrical cords.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:10:45 PM EDT
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I like his band.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:10:50 PM EDT
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Because he was so eccentric, and Edison was more focused on practical rather than theoretical/experimental stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it because of his extreme eccentricity? Because he was an immigrant? Because those who disliked him became successful? What say you? Edison was a complete nut job and a sociopath to boot. He, Edison, was able to leverage the powerful/elite at the time and was one hell of a marketing guy. Edison used to arrange public elephant electrocutions to show how dangerous Tesla and his ideas were where as his were safe. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:11:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Westinghouse and (con)Edison still exist and are household names. When they were alive they spent a lot of money to overshadow his achievements. It was pretty cut throat between the three. The victors get to write history and tesla was a failure and bankrupt when he died. Elton Musk has done him a great posthumous honor to revive the name and hopefully spark new interest in the man himself. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it because of his extreme eccentricity? Because he was an immigrant? Because those who disliked him became successful? What say you? Westinghouse and (con)Edison still exist and are household names. When they were alive they spent a lot of money to overshadow his achievements. It was pretty cut throat between the three. The victors get to write history and tesla was a failure and bankrupt when he died. Elton Musk has done him a great posthumous honor to revive the name and hopefully spark new interest in the man himself. Who's this Elton Musk you speak of? Oh, wait did he invent crocodile pal? |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:11:49 PM EDT
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Is it because of his extreme eccentricity? Because he was an immigrant? Because those who disliked him became successful? What say you? No, its not Nikola Tesla, its EVERY major event in history. People dont read, they dont think, they just turn the TV on and melt their mind to the latest reality TV show. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:12:27 PM EDT
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I hear a lot about him and free energy from hipsters lately for whatever reason.
For some reason it's always followed by how Edison was a thieving sumbitch who contributed nothing to the world.  Tesla was a certified genius to be sure, and brought world changing discoveries to the table. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:12:55 PM EDT
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Because Edison was a capitalist and Telsa wanted to provide free power to the world for the betterment of humanity.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:14:10 PM EDT
[#26]
MONEY
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:14:56 PM EDT
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I think Tesla wa a great man, but I think the case people are making for and about him recently are greatly overstating things.
Also, lost of other pioneers in electricity such as Westinghouse are similarly forgotten. Check him out, Westinghouse was easily as great as Tesla, more-so if you look at how he treated his workers. Further, lots of pioneers in many fields get ignored. Lots of important automotive people beyond Henry Ford. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:15:01 PM EDT
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Nikola Tesla is popular now because dumbasses think everything in "The Prestige" was true. The Tesla cultists attribute a bunch of technological advances to him that simply are not true. He was a failure.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:15:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:16:02 PM EDT
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Edison was an evil son of a bitch and did all he could to destroy Tesla by making history believe he
was Eccentric, Crazy, and or an Alien, Edison was driven by profit above all else, Tesla's plan was free electric for all, freeing society to do far greater things than we did the next 60 - 80 years.. Tesla also carried guilt over Tunguska when his laser weapon nearly killed millions..
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:19:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nikola Tesla is popular now because dumbasses think everything in "The Prestige" was true. The Tesla cultists attribute a bunch of technological advances to him that simply are not true. He was a failure. He couldn't have been THAT much of a failure, seeing the great lengths Thomas Edison went through to publicly destroy him. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:21:48 PM EDT
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If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What makes you think he's forgotten? Is anybody opening up this thread thinking, "Nick-o-who?!" I'm just not seeing it. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. did you watch the Prestige recently? ETA beat |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:22:16 PM EDT
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Because he was a poor businessman.
If he had half the business savvy of Edison, he would have been perhaps the richest man in the world. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:22:50 PM EDT
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Because he was an incompetent hack who never accomplished anything worth remembering.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:24:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I think Tesla wa a great man, but I think the case people are making for and about him recently are greatly overstating things. Also, lost of other pioneers in electricity such as Westinghouse are similarly forgotten. Check him out, Westinghouse was easily as great as Tesla, more-so if you look at how he treated his workers. Further, lots of pioneers in many fields get ignored. Lots of important automotive people beyond Henry Ford. Yeah, didn't Diesel himself commit suicide after going bankrupt? |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:24:31 PM EDT
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For starters, the fact that Tesla was the greatest inventor of all time, and he is not taught in public school, tells you something.
If you read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, he installed all kinds of lightning rods to his home, with wiring strung out throughout the place into bottles of liquid. When a storm would come through, his home lit up like a Vegas casino floor room. He imagined a future where we could harness electricity to work for us in illumination, and theorized as to the elementary charges of electricity. Tesla was the man that fulfilled Franklin's dreams within 100 years. Another idea as to why Tesla isn't taught is because people might stumble onto his research and experimentation outside of alternating current mass distribution of energy (his creation). 85% of his patents were seized by the Federal government, to include his flying machines, weapons, and who knows what else. The dude was way ahead of his time. Thankfully, the subject of Tesla was frequent in my home growing up, because of my father, who is a mathematician, aerospace engineer, and theoretical physicist. My dad had all kinds of books on Tesla, and respected him highly for his understanding of physics, execution of experiments with incredible high rates of success, and his accomplishments in electrical generation and communication (Tesla invented the radio, drones, and remote control via RF command.) |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:25:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: did you watch the Prestige recently? ETA beat Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What makes you think he's forgotten? Is anybody opening up this thread thinking, "Nick-o-who?!" I'm just not seeing it. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. did you watch the Prestige recently? ETA beat Never even heard of it before it was mentioned in this thread. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:27:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What makes you think he's forgotten? Is anybody opening up this thread thinking, "Nick-o-who?!" I'm just not seeing it. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Thomas Edison was, I bet you'd have a FAR greater number who have at least heard of his name. I'd be shocked if even ten of those people had ever heard of Nikola Tesla. If any of them have, I'm certain they would say that he makes electric cars and is in the news every now and then. I'd bet most would not have clue about Edison, and they would say Telsa was the guy who makes electric cars. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:28:04 PM EDT
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Because he was an incompetent hack who never accomplished anything worth remembering. Because hydroelectric power from Niagara falls as a testbed is child's play, and no one ever uses electric motors, alternators, fluorescent lights, radios, or remote control. Only in GD.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:28:45 PM EDT
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The guy basically invented AC and Edison ripped him off when he finally realized that DC power wasn't feasible due to the wire size needed. Tesla was way the fuck ahead of his time.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:29:44 PM EDT
[#41]
Its because he was Slavic (Serbian) and Edison smeared him.
Tesla was a brilliant man |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:30:39 PM EDT
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Tesla wasn't the BS'er/self promoter that Edison was.
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:31:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The guy basically invented AC and Edison ripped him off when he finally realized that DC power wasn't feasible due to the wire size needed. Tesla was way the fuck ahead of his time. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:33:21 PM EDT
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Because he was an incompetent hack who never accomplished anything worth remembering. You're right, he only had about 300 patents worldwide for stuff he personally invented. Such a loser. The truth of the matter is that Tesla was a genius, but naive and a terrible businessman, and had the misfortune of being in a personal fued with Edison (who was a world class dick). |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:34:27 PM EDT
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You're right, he only had about 300 patents worldwide for stuff he personally invented. Such a loser. The truth of the matter is that Tesla was a genius, but naive and a terrible businessman, and had the misfortune of being in a personal fued with Edison (who was a world class dick). Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because he was an incompetent hack who never accomplished anything worth remembering. You're right, he only had about 300 patents worldwide for stuff he personally invented. Such a loser. The truth of the matter is that Tesla was a genius, but naive and a terrible businessman, and had the misfortune of being in a personal fued with Edison (who was a world class dick). 
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:35:13 PM EDT
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He was a wierd, fucked up dude. Brilliant? Yep. Nutty as squirrel shit? Definitely. When you're that much of a nutcase, it will overwhelm people's opinions. That'll generally mean your contributions won't be remembered.
Also, if he wasn't so marginalized, the cult of Tesla wouldn't be edgy enough. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:35:16 PM EDT
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Because Edison
Better marketing Very aggressive tactics Thomas Alva out maneuvered him |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:37:59 PM EDT
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Because hydroelectric power from Niagara falls as a testbed is child's play, and no one ever uses electric motors, alternators, fluorescent lights, radios, or remote control. Only in GD. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because he was an incompetent hack who never accomplished anything worth remembering. Because hydroelectric power from Niagara falls as a testbed is child's play, and no one ever uses electric motors, alternators, fluorescent lights, radios, or remote control. Only in GD. Anyone who says over the internet that Tesla was a failure and is overrated is ignoring that fact that none of this would have been possible without his achievements. The entire power infrastructure relies on his patents for mass distribution, poly-phase AC generators. He did the work for Westinghouse, and sold the patents for our current AC system to him in 1888. Tesla then went on to work with the next level of mass energy distribution that would change the world, and proved its feasibility in both Long Island, NY, and later Colorado Springs, CO. His days with Edison were over after he left Edison's company, since Edison was clueless about physics, engineering, and the efficient harnessing of electron flow. Edison was a tard who wanted to run a DC system for mass distribution of electricity, which is moronic, and nothing Tesla could do would convince him otherwise. Once Tesla and Carnegie beat Edison and JP Morgan in the competition for lighting the World Fair, Morgan dumped Edison like a cheap cigar and financed Tesla's wireless energy transfer program. Once Tesla confirmed that it worked, Morgan chose not to fund it because they had no way of controlling the distribution of the energy to consumers, as anyone would be able to tap into the regional power tower fan and operate their machines. From a business perspective, it made no sense for JP Morgan to invest an initial outlay in the billions, with no return on that investment, so he cut funding. We can call Morgan all the names we want, ruthless greedy monster and all, but at the end of the day, he wasn't in the business of losing money for the House of Morgan. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:38:24 PM EDT
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Honestly I've seen more stuff on TV and in books about Tesla than Edison.
History Channel http://www.riseearth.com/2011/06/modern-marvels-nikola-tesla-mad.html Erik Larson book....Thunderstruck....a little about Tesla and more about Marconi. |
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Posted: 5/21/2015 2:40:29 PM EDT
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He wasn't forgotten in the history I was taught.
Speak the name the Tesla and an image of somebody with static hair immediately comes to mind. |
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