Over the years, many of my Facebook friends have
shared posts about Nikola Tesla on my wall.
They do this because they know that he is my hero. I have always been astounded that our history
books marginalized his contributions and elevated those of Thomas Edison.
Yes, Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb and
perfected a lot of interesting appliances.
Tesla, on the other hand, gave us our entire polyphase AC electrical distribution
system. He gave us the induction
motor. He gave us remote control and
contributed to the invention of radio technology. The list goes on and on.
I have posted a video of Tesla coils in action. No simple lightbulb here, friends!
--Mitchell
Hegman
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the posted video does not launch, click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAhKkPUo_A
Come to think of it, why was Tesla marginalized considerin his contributions?
ReplyDeleteMostly because he was not an American by birth and he was odd.
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