sure if the elephant was dangerous or Edison thought it would be a good
way to demonstrate the danger of AC compared to DC.
See Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
or Wired:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0104
Doug Mayer wrote:
>
> I believe Edison was an ardent supporter of direct current, as opposed
> to Tesla and Westinghouse who developed and advocated for alternating
> current.
>
> Doug Mayer, SE
>
> *From:* Dennis Wish [mailto:dennis.wish@verizon.net]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2009 2:24 PM
> *To:* seaint@seaint.org
> *Subject:* RE: some code issues
>
> But consider how you might try to start your car if it was not for the
> work done by Tesla. Edison chose to power the cities using Alternating
> Current. Tesla is the father of the modern battery – direct current.
> Almost everything we run today has some form of Tesla's greatest
> achievement in it – batteries and rechargeable batteries. It may be
> that during Tesla's career who was competing for the contract against
> Edison, Tesla did not see beyond the Van der Graff Generator for
> displaying static charge.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Dennis*
>
> *From:* SGE Structural [mailto:sgordin@sgeconsulting.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:06 PM
> *To:* Seaint
> *Subject:* some code issues
>
> Google's Quote of the Day:
>
> Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and
> they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build
> a structure which has no relation to reality.
> Nikola Tesla <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/34995.html>
>
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