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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<div class="article">
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<p> Short History of Nikola <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent>
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<div class="article">
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<p> Short History of Nikola <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent>
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</p>
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<p>
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<p>
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This is a file to straighten out misconception and
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disinformation that has occurred over the years, about how
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supposedly "great" Edison was, and how Nikola <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> was
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having made many improvements in the electric trolleys, and
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trains in his country, he came to America, sought
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employment, and eventually ended up working for Edison.
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Edison had contracted with New York City to build
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Edison had contracted with <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent> to build
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Direct Current (D.C.) power plants every square mile or so,
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so as to power the lights that he supposedly invented.
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Street lights, hotel lighting etc. Having trenches dug
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<ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> proselytized A.C. power and had some success
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building A.C. power plants, and providing A.C. power to
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various entities. One of these was Sing Sing prison, in
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upstate New York. <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> provided A.C. power for the
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upstate <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent>. <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> provided A.C. power for the
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"electric chair" there. Edison had big articles printed in
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the New York newspapers, saying that A.C. power was
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the <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent> newspapers, saying that A.C. power was
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dangerous "killing" power, and in general, gave a bad name
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to <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent>.
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To contradict this jab, <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> set out on his own
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During the short lunch period, he would tell his buddies
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about phased A.C. electricity, and how it was efficient,
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etc. Along about 1932, he was working at a small generator
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rebuilding shop in New York, and one of the bankers that he
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rebuilding shop in <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent>, and one of the bankers that he
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used to dig ditches with, found him, and took him to Mr.
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Westinghouse, to whom he told his stories. Westinghouse
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bought 19 patents outright, and gave <ent type='PERSON'>Tesla</ent> a dollar per
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Island mysteriously burned down, no records saved, and the
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remnants were bulldozed the day after that to further
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eradicate any equipment still left. So much for "free energy".</p>
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