It’s not Edison’s fault Tesla sucked at marketing. Besides, Westinghouse won, anyway.
mrhoofy on
Quick question…which of those two men didn’t marry a pigeon?
realclowntime on
I wouldn’t know what you’re talking about, Edison is great!
*furious whispering* look up Topsy-
SirMemesworthTheDank on
Well some people still incorrectly think Edison invented the light bulb or that Ford invented the automobile.
Edison was also so terrified of AC he wanted the process of electricution by electric chair to be called “westinghousing”.
Edison was a little bitch. Same with Ford
bobw123 on
I’m pretty sure it’s the reverse order – Edison and his laboratory/company developed his light bulb (not the first one but one of the first widely distributed ones) in 1878/1879. Tesla came to the US in 1882 and worked for Edison’s company before departing in 1885 and creating his AC motor in 1888 which he sold the patent to Westinghouse and ultimately AC supplanted DC in the War of Currents.
Blackrock121 on
Tesla was a fucking eugenicist. Like the really bad kind.
I don’t really care if Edison gets hate just so long as it doesn’t lead to the glazing of that horrible person.
fasda on
No, because most of it isn’t true. Tesla worked for Edison for 6 months and that whole bet thing was probably Tesla’s manager at the NY facility not Edison who Tesla met maybe a gew times. The War of the Currents wasn’t a battle between two inventors but two industrialists, Edison and Westinghouse. Edison is an inventor even if some of them bare his name because he was more of a project director.
Tesla circle jerking, is mostly about the sci-fi bullshit that is not possible and that’s why he got fired from Westinghouse, he was crazier than he was talented.
PositiveMaster8236 on
Joseph Swan wants his light bulb back
Mother-Stomach-6423 on
The more I learn about Edison and read about him through sources – the more fishy and suspicious his story seems, not in this case though
Edison developed the light bulb and distributed in 1878-79.
Tesla worked for Edison’s company for 3 years between 1882-85, before creating his AC motor only in 1888.
So no, in this case, Edison didn’t copy Tesla’s patents (though he did for other stuff)
NecessaryUnited9505 on
MORE EDISON HATE INCOMING:
Louis Le Prince actually invented the Camera before Edison but went missing on the train either to or from Dijon (I forgot :7 ) trying to get to Paris to get his patent. He went missing, presumed dead, and then Edison ‘invents’ the camera.
Led to a court case actually, led by Louis’ son and wife. It failed, though the next day Louis’ son was found dead in a bush and it was chalked up to a ‘hunting accident’…
Take that as you will. Also some facts may be wrong it is a very sensationalised case.
Rustee_Shacklefart on
Tesla was kind of a pseudo scientist. And Edison was a business man who improved existing inventions through investment.
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It’s not Edison’s fault Tesla sucked at marketing. Besides, Westinghouse won, anyway.
Quick question…which of those two men didn’t marry a pigeon?
I wouldn’t know what you’re talking about, Edison is great!
*furious whispering* look up Topsy-
Well some people still incorrectly think Edison invented the light bulb or that Ford invented the automobile.
Edison was also so terrified of AC he wanted the process of electricution by electric chair to be called “westinghousing”.
Edison was a little bitch. Same with Ford
I’m pretty sure it’s the reverse order – Edison and his laboratory/company developed his light bulb (not the first one but one of the first widely distributed ones) in 1878/1879. Tesla came to the US in 1882 and worked for Edison’s company before departing in 1885 and creating his AC motor in 1888 which he sold the patent to Westinghouse and ultimately AC supplanted DC in the War of Currents.
Tesla was a fucking eugenicist. Like the really bad kind.
I don’t really care if Edison gets hate just so long as it doesn’t lead to the glazing of that horrible person.
No, because most of it isn’t true. Tesla worked for Edison for 6 months and that whole bet thing was probably Tesla’s manager at the NY facility not Edison who Tesla met maybe a gew times. The War of the Currents wasn’t a battle between two inventors but two industrialists, Edison and Westinghouse. Edison is an inventor even if some of them bare his name because he was more of a project director.
Tesla circle jerking, is mostly about the sci-fi bullshit that is not possible and that’s why he got fired from Westinghouse, he was crazier than he was talented.
Joseph Swan wants his light bulb back
The more I learn about Edison and read about him through sources – the more fishy and suspicious his story seems, not in this case though
Edison developed the light bulb and distributed in 1878-79.
Tesla worked for Edison’s company for 3 years between 1882-85, before creating his AC motor only in 1888.
So no, in this case, Edison didn’t copy Tesla’s patents (though he did for other stuff)
MORE EDISON HATE INCOMING:
Louis Le Prince actually invented the Camera before Edison but went missing on the train either to or from Dijon (I forgot :7 ) trying to get to Paris to get his patent. He went missing, presumed dead, and then Edison ‘invents’ the camera.
Led to a court case actually, led by Louis’ son and wife. It failed, though the next day Louis’ son was found dead in a bush and it was chalked up to a ‘hunting accident’…
Take that as you will. Also some facts may be wrong it is a very sensationalised case.
Tesla was kind of a pseudo scientist. And Edison was a business man who improved existing inventions through investment.