Comments on: DVD Review: Westinghouse (The Minutes Of History) http://www.bloggernews.net/124093 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 19:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: » DVD Review: Magic Of The White City Expo - Narrated by Gene Wilder - Blogger News Network http://www.bloggernews.net/124093#comment-1623012 » DVD Review: Magic Of The White City Expo - Narrated by Gene Wilder - Blogger News Network Wed, 12 May 2010 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124093#comment-1623012 [...] though happened at sunset. This was the time that the crowds had been waiting for. In 1893 the War Of The Currents was raging, the battle between Westinghouse’s AC and Thomas Edison’s DC. The Worlds [...] […] though happened at sunset. This was the time that the crowds had been waiting for. In 1893 the War Of The Currents was raging, the battle between Westinghouse’s AC and Thomas Edison’s DC. The Worlds […]

]]> By: H. Park http://www.bloggernews.net/124093#comment-1556903 H. Park Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:59:42 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124093#comment-1556903 George Westinghouse as the real innovator? Oh, please. "He [Westinghouse] realized early on that AC offered great advantages over DC, it was easier to step up the voltage, and it could be transferred far longer distances with no loss of power." Um, no. These were Tesla's discoveries, NOT those of Westinghouse. You need to dig a little deeper. Without Tesla, and Tesla's patents (which were sold to Westinghouse by Tesla) Westinghouse would not have happened. It was Tesla (not Westinghouse) who invented/developed AC (alternating current) and etc. Try a Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla George Westinghouse as the real innovator? Oh, please.

“He [Westinghouse] realized early on that AC offered great advantages over DC, it was easier to step up the voltage, and it could be transferred far longer distances with no loss of power.”

Um, no. These were Tesla’s discoveries, NOT those of Westinghouse. You need to dig a little deeper. Without Tesla, and Tesla’s patents (which were sold to Westinghouse by Tesla) Westinghouse would not have happened.

It was Tesla (not Westinghouse) who invented/developed AC (alternating current) and etc.

Try a Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

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