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THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS

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Tesla was getting the money he needed to produce his AC system from the powerful businessman, George Westinghouse.

Who was Tesla getting money from? Tesla was getting money from George Westinghouse.

It was working. AC was cheaper, safer, and more efficient. Edison was feeling afraid that his DC system would lose to Tesla’s AC system.

How was Edison feeling? Edison was feeling afraid that his DC system would lose to Tesla’s AC system.

He was attacking Tesla and his alternating current. It was called the War of Currents. Edison was saying that Tesla’s alternating current system was dangerous and would surely kill people.

Was Edison saying that AC was safe? No, Edison wasn’t saying that AC was safe. He was saying that AC was dangerous.

In truth, Tesla’s system was safer. Edison was traveling the country holding public demonstrations. He was connecting animals to AC electricity and killing them.

Was he healing the animals? No, he wasn’t healing the animals. He was killing the animals.

Many cats, dogs, pigs and even an elephant were all cruelly being killed in Edison’s war against Tesla and AC power. Of course, Edison wasn’t telling people that DC electricity could also kill.

Was Edison telling people that DC electricity could also kill? No, Edison wasn’t telling people that DC electricity could also kill.

He wasn’t stopping with just animals. Edison was persuading the state of New York to make the first electric chair, using alternating current.

What kind of current was the first electric chair using? The first electric chair was using alternating current.

Just like with animals, this was a slow and painful method of killing human prisoners. Despite Edison’s attacks, Tesla was slowly winning the War of Currents.

Who was winning the War of Currents? Tesla was winning the War of Currents.

In 1893, Tesla’s childhood vision was coming true. Tesla and Westinghouse were making an AC power plant at Niagara Falls.

What were they making? They were making an AC power plant at Niagara Falls.

In one day, he was producing more power than all the power plants in the world combined. That same year, Westinghouse was also providing AC electricity to the Chicago World’s Fair.

What kind of electricity was Westinghouse providing at the Chicago world’s fair? He was providing AC electricity to the Chicago world’s fair.

It was the greatest demonstration of electrical power in the world. Everyone was thinking that AC was much more efficient and safer than Edison’s DC system.

Was everyone thinking that AC was safer than DC? Yes, everyone was thinking that AC was safer than DC.

The War of Currents was over and Tesla had won.