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AC motors didn't change the world?

Not really, lol. That was his one useful invention whereas Edison have well over 1,000 patents to his name and started many industries we enjoy today. I have a 1/3 horsepower induction motor powering a Rhodes metal shaper that I date to the 1920s and it is a huge affair that isn't very efficient but it does ok as this machine was designed to be driven by an overhead flat belt steam drive system.

If Tesla had his way, his "free energy" system of flooding the ionosphere with power would have made the use of radio in any form impossible. Tesla two most famous "inventions", the Tesla Coil and the Tesla turbine are mere objects of curiosity and have no practical applications or uses. Tesla valves do have practical uses but that is one small device out of all the amazing and genius stuff claimed that actually did not change the world at all. Edison's inventions have been written about for over 100 years and he's been called the Father Of The Modern World that whole time too.

Edison was the Steve Jobs of his day. He may have worked his ass off but he took the credit for lots of other people who didn't end up in the history books.

No, Edison did personally invent a lot of stuff and later setup a lab to invent things and was a notorious workaholic. Steve Jobs didn't invent anything, there is no real analogy. What you are repeating is modern jewish revisionist bullshit I have seen grow in popularity in the past two decades. In Tesla's lifetime he was a joke with stories written about this lone crazy inventor and his super secret death ray and how he claimed to talk to Martians and dramatic pictures of him next to large Tesla coils showing off for the masses. Go read his autobiography to get a real idea of who Tesla was, it will be eye opening....

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Thanks for a really informative post. Any books on Edison you'd recommend? I actually did read "My Inventions" by Tesla a long time ago. But I really don't remember much. Not an electrical guy or engineer so all of that technical stuff went over my head. I know there's direct current and alternating current and I remember a TV show or something saying that Edison was pushing DC while Tesla, his arch nemesis, was pushing AC so Edison created the electric chair to demonstrate how scary and dangerous AC was. I'll admit I was wrong in thinking Tesla was the sole guy behind AC as I looked it up on wikipedia and there were lots of other guys involved. Guess there's propaganda in everything and you learn something new every day.

Now did Edison singlehandedly create the incandescent light bulb? I don't know, but can we at least agree that the modern LED light bulb industry nowadays is overrun by greedy assholes? I bought a pack of LED lights like 15 years ago and two of them are still in use. Since then I've went through many other packs and they really don't last like they used to.

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Thanks for a really informative post. Any books on Edison you'd recommend?

Not offhand, just make sure it is at least older than say 1970 because most of what was written after that date was lefty bullshit. Edison was good friends with Henry Ford and against the city college educated sexual deviancy the jews promote nonstop and they hate Ford for his exposure of them.

Thanks for a really informative post. Any books on Edison you'd recommend?

Tesla was a shameless self-promoter who actually sucked at it and business in general and died a penniless nut job living in a hotel.

I actually did read "My Inventions" by Tesla a long time ago.

Did you not see the guy was seriously mentally ill and a megalomaniac with a lot of issues? He was very unsuccessful with his inventions, like so many people at that time and in this time, but because of his outrageous and outlandish behavior and self promotion was a favorite of the journalists. (((journalists))) Electrical transformers were hardly a rare and unique item that no one but Tesla understood but manufacturers made practical products that sold well, not extreme high voltage side show display items we call a Tesla coil. Go look at some old copies (1890-1920) of Model Engineer and other journals of that era to get a feel for what people were playing with at the time and the rampant yellow journalism seeking to collect shekels from the masses. There were so many amateurs messing around with all sorts of things in the late 1800s/early 1900s based on the work of giants like Diesel and Hertz and so many others. The AC motor would have come about by 1890 even if Tesla was never born.

Now did Edison singlehandedly create the incandescent light bulb?

He made the first practical light bulb that kicked off the whole electrical industry. It took all sorts of other technology to be able to even use light bulbs to replace the dangerous flame lighting in use at the time and Edison managed to invent and commercialize it all. Then he spent 30 years in court because all the jews wanted a piece of his action. He got so fed up with all that he started his famous labs and did what he loved, inventing things. He did things the old fashioned trial and error way and worked his ass off to accomplish his goals even though a little education would have saved him years on many things he messed with. Edison didn't have the education to understand alternating current to be perfectly honest. Still, he invented and commercialized so many things we take for granted today though sheer hard work. All of his successful inventions would have come about from others eventually too but it would have taken quite a while for them to come about.

I don't know, but can we at least agree that the modern LED light bulb industry nowadays is overrun by greedy assholes?

Oh, you'll like this story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

(the wiki version was easiest to find but you can use it and dig deeper if you want)

>Thanks for a really informative post. Any books on Edison you'd recommend? Not offhand, just make sure it is at least older than say 1970 because most of what was written after that date was lefty bullshit. Edison was good friends with Henry Ford and against the city college educated sexual deviancy the jews promote nonstop and they hate Ford for his exposure of them. >Thanks for a really informative post. Any books on Edison you'd recommend? Tesla was a shameless self-promoter who actually sucked at it and business in general and died a penniless nut job living in a hotel. >I actually did read "My Inventions" by Tesla a long time ago. Did you not see the guy was seriously mentally ill and a megalomaniac with a lot of issues? He was very unsuccessful with his inventions, like so many people at that time and in this time, but because of his outrageous and outlandish behavior and self promotion was a favorite of the journalists. (((journalists))) Electrical transformers were hardly a rare and unique item that no one but Tesla understood but manufacturers made practical products that sold well, not extreme high voltage side show display items we call a Tesla coil. Go look at some old copies (1890-1920) of Model Engineer and other journals of that era to get a feel for what people were playing with at the time and the rampant yellow journalism seeking to collect shekels from the masses. There were so many amateurs messing around with all sorts of things in the late 1800s/early 1900s based on the work of giants like Diesel and Hertz and so many others. The AC motor would have come about by 1890 even if Tesla was never born. >Now did Edison singlehandedly create the incandescent light bulb? He made the first practical light bulb that kicked off the whole electrical industry. It took all sorts of other technology to be able to even use light bulbs to replace the dangerous flame lighting in use at the time and Edison managed to invent and commercialize it all. Then he spent 30 years in court because all the jews wanted a piece of his action. He got so fed up with all that he started his famous labs and did what he loved, inventing things. He did things the old fashioned trial and error way and worked his ass off to accomplish his goals even though a little education would have saved him years on many things he messed with. Edison didn't have the education to understand alternating current to be perfectly honest. Still, he invented and commercialized so many things we take for granted today though sheer hard work. All of his successful inventions would have come about from others eventually too but it would have taken quite a while for them to come about. > I don't know, but can we at least agree that the modern LED light bulb industry nowadays is overrun by greedy assholes? Oh, you'll like this story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel (the wiki version was easiest to find but you can use it and dig deeper if you want)

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