How Did Tesla And Edison Change The World

Well, let me start off by saying that both Tesla and Edison had many inventions that changed the world in a way. They both to me in my opinion were the utmost ingenious people to put forth ideas that no one else would of thought before. If it weren't for them both we won't be holding some of the stuff that we have today, like our phones and instead of electricity something else like candle power. I would love to be an apprentice on their side for either Edison or Tesla because it would have been so facinatincting to see how they created these inventions that are in our life today. Now, Edison was Born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, he rose from a humble beginning to work as an inventor of technology. Edison’s father was a political …show more content…
He came to the United States in 1884 and worked for some time with Thomas Edison before they both parted ways. He sold many patent rights, including those to his alternating-current machinery, to George Westinghouse. His invention the tesla coil that he built in 1891 is still used in radio technology to this day. Tesla eventually died in New York City on January 7, 1943. Tesla didn't get as many patents as Edison did, he only obtained around 300 patents and sold his Alternating Current …show more content…
Edison, Westinghouse and other big corporations bought out Tesla, though Tesla did have many inventions that were for all practical purposes, stolen. Tesla was also working JPMorgan, a financier endorsing his products. Now Edison just didn't have as smart inventions as Tesla did, which i would believe because without Tesla’s invention, the Alternating Current, we would have to spend so much money to maintain a direct current country. The whole country would go bankrupt, because a DC is much more inefficient to maintain,produce, and to