Ever heard of Nikola Tesla? You probably haven't heard of him: Have you ever heard of the Tesla? Probably haven't heard of it either. Have you been living under a rock ?? (No disrespect). Nikola Tesla was a better inventor than Thomas Edison, in this essay I will be telling you why he as a better inventor and about Nikola Tesla life. First of all, let's setup the setting and the scene as if it was an actual movie. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Lika, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, present-day Croatia. His family, later on, moved to the U.S.A..He was 1 out of 5 children, his father was a priest and his mother managed the family's farm. in 1863 Tesla’s brother Daniel was killed in a riding accident.
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Their feud started when Edison hired Tesla. Edison thought tesla's ideas were “splendid” but “utterly impractical”. They would bump heads as they were both different in the way they worked and did their studies. The bet; Tesla said that he could expand the productivity of Edison's prototypical dynamos, Edison eventually gave him a chance to attempt it. Edison even guaranteed him $50,000 on the off chance that he succeeded. Tesla worked all day and all night for a while and gained a lot of ground. When Tesla proved him wrong and went to ask for his reward, Edison told him the offer was a joke, saying, "When you turn into an undeniable American, you will value an American joke” (Tesla was not an official U.S. citizen). Edison offered a $10/week raise. Ever prideful, Tesla quit, and spent the following couple of months looking for a job eventually making his own company “Tesla Electric Company”. Later on, George Westinghouse became interested in the idea of alternating current; as it might be able to provide long-distance energy to the nation. In 1888 he purchased patents from Tesla for a sum of $50,000 in cash. This put Tesla and Westinghouse in competition with an Edison as he tried to sell his direct current system to the nation. This was the beginning of the current wars. In 1893 Westinghouse was powering the city of Chicago and in 1895 Tesla created the hydro dam in Niagara falls which was powering the city buffalo, new york. Tesla also was a pioneer of radar technology, X-ray technology, remote control and the rotating magnetic field on the basis of most AC machinery. Edison never really invented anything on his own in my opinion. He just stole inventions from others and called it his own. The light bulb was going to be invented one way or another even if Edison never
Their feud started when Edison hired Tesla. Edison thought tesla's ideas were “splendid” but “utterly impractical”. They would bump heads as they were both different in the way they worked and did their studies. The bet; Tesla said that he could expand the productivity of Edison's prototypical dynamos, Edison eventually gave him a chance to attempt it. Edison even guaranteed him $50,000 on the off chance that he succeeded. Tesla worked all day and all night for a while and gained a lot of ground. When Tesla proved him wrong and went to ask for his reward, Edison told him the offer was a joke, saying, "When you turn into an undeniable American, you will value an American joke” (Tesla was not an official U.S. citizen). Edison offered a $10/week raise. Ever prideful, Tesla quit, and spent the following couple of months looking for a job eventually making his own company “Tesla Electric Company”. Later on, George Westinghouse became interested in the idea of alternating current; as it might be able to provide long-distance energy to the nation. In 1888 he purchased patents from Tesla for a sum of $50,000 in cash. This put Tesla and Westinghouse in competition with an Edison as he tried to sell his direct current system to the nation. This was the beginning of the current wars. In 1893 Westinghouse was powering the city of Chicago and in 1895 Tesla created the hydro dam in Niagara falls which was powering the city buffalo, new york. Tesla also was a pioneer of radar technology, X-ray technology, remote control and the rotating magnetic field on the basis of most AC machinery. Edison never really invented anything on his own in my opinion. He just stole inventions from others and called it his own. The light bulb was going to be invented one way or another even if Edison never