What nationality was this person.
2006-08-13 03:23:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Tesla, an American immigrant from Serbia, invented most a.c. technology. Edison invented most d.c. technology. George Westinghouse was the financial backer of Tesla. J.P. Morgan backed Edison. Tesla and Edison were bitter rivals.
Today, all power companies use Tesla's a.c. technology, even though they are commonly named for Edison! And, Tesla's work laid the foundation for radio, which is a very high frequency a.c. phenomenon.
But Edison's contributions are also important. His lab's inventions cover most of the components of the electric power industry not associated with a.c., including such mundane devices as insulated wire, switches, fuses and other practical necessities of electric power distribution, in additon to of course the incandescent light bulb. And, he invented what today we would call the modern corporate research lab, an economic institution just as important to modern industry as Ford's assembly line.
2006-08-13 09:59:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mark V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1873, Maxwell published, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, where in the process of explaining the basic concepts of electromagnetic Wave theory and in trying to debunk the "etheric" theories of electricity he proposed that these waves could be generated in the laboratory by creating a quickly oscillating current.
In 1881, Lucian Galard and John D. Gibbs obtained patents for systems of alternating electrical current - and demonstrated the first practical AC transformer in London. It was not until 1888, that Nicola Tesla patented his invention of alternating electric current in the United States.
2006-08-13 17:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Westinghouse , an American introduced it commercially in the USA however Nikola Tesla and several others contributed to its
invention & development..
2006-08-13 10:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nikola Tesla, Serbian born, educated in Austria.
2006-08-13 10:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by Horndog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are at least 3 people who are cited as the father of ac. Edison and Westinghouse among them.
2006-08-13 10:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by The "Spence" 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was tesla, and no one else. edison had nothing to do with it, and telse was working for westinghouse at the time, but westinghouse had nothing to do with it either. tesla could have owned the westinghouse company with his patents, but he gave them away because he thought a/c power was so important
2006-08-13 11:58:13 · answer #6 · answered by iberius 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's don't forget about Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Doug
2006-08-13 11:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best friend Tesla. He's the coolest Serb ever.
2006-08-13 11:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by zillian.thrax 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋