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96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)
History That Doesn't Suck
Alva Edison, the Patron Saint of Not Sleeping and Working Hard
Alva edison, the patron saint of not sleeping and working hard, is impressed nikola will later recall his hero, the wizard of menlow park. Alva wants nothing to do with niko s highly developed ideas about alternating current. Nikola finds investors to start the testla electric light ind manufacturing company. But it doesn't last long the serb scientific prowess is not matched with business savy. His partners soon swindled nikola out of his own company, leaving him as poor as he was the day he arrived in new york.
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