The Break Between Tesla and Edison

The break came when tesla, one day came into edison's office and proclaimed the work finished. He had not only fixed the problems the direct current motors were experiencing, he had, in fact, improved them. Tesla then asked for the promised 50 thousand. And edison looked at him confused, patted him on the back and said, my friend, you do not understand american jokes. With that, tesla quit. It was the same bitter scenario he had experienced in europe where factory owners had promised him 15 thousand for fixing direct current generators. But this, this experience with edison, this was the last straw for him. And tesla never forg