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Tesla vs. Edison
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- 1TESLAEidetic memory, meaning that he had the ability to remember images with very precise levels of detail, without the need to use mnemonics.
- 2EDISONHis thing was sketching and repairing things.
- 3Tesla PatentsHe obtained less than 300 patents worldwide.
- 4Edison PatentsHe held 1,093 patents, as recorded by the Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
- 5Personality TeslaCharismatic, urbane and witty. He spoke several languages and had influential friends in the likes of writers Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling,
He was also obsessive-compulsive and a hygiene fanatic.
- 6Personality EdisonIntroverted, with few close friends.
He was one of the advisors behind the application of direct current in the first electric chair.
- 7Education TeslaHe had a strong background and was able to solve technical problems that arose mentally without resorting to experiments.
- 8Education EdisonEdison had no formal education and all his inventions were based on trial, trial, and error.
- 9AC TeslaAlternating Current
It allowed electricity generated in power stations to be raised to a high voltage and transported over enormous distances with almost no energy losses. This established itself as the best way of distributing electricity.
- 10DC EdisonDirect current
A more expensive and inefficient system due to the dissipation of part of the energy in the form of heat.
Nowadays, this type of current is mainly used for elements that are powered by batteries.
- 11Innovation TeslaOur entire mass communication system is based on the system that Tesla designed.
- 12Innovation EdisonEdison's clearest legacy to the world was his invention factories, which divided the process into small tasks performed by legions of workers.
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- Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are two of history's great inventors. The “war of the currents” pitted them against each other on the battlefield of electricity. Find out more about these two very different figures here.
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