History of Science

Why Nikola Tesla is So Famous (and Westinghouse is not)

In January of 1912, almost 20 years after the “war of the currents” was over George Westinghouse Jr. was awarded the American Institute of Electrical Engineer’s highest honor, the Edison Award, for “the development of the alternating-current system for light and power.”[1] In his introduction, the influential and delightful scientist Michael Pupin, said how great …

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George Westinghouse: The Unsung Hero of Electricity

Table of Contents: The Truth about Tesla’s Contract with Westinghouse How Westinghouse Became an Industrialist George Westinghouse Transitions from Gas to Light Westinghouse and the Transformer Westinghouse and the AC Transmission George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison The Truth about Tesla’s Contract with Westinghouse This video is my attempt to correct what I think is an …

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How Tesla And Ferraris Invented The Two-Phase Motor

As I said in my video on the history of 3-phase electricity, both Nikola Tesla and Galileo Ferraris discovered two-phase electricity and the two-phase motor that were, according to Tesla, “identical almost to the smallest detail.” 1 So, how did these two men develop this fantastic discovery? Table of Contents Introduction How Ferraris Got Involved …

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