"markvictor" wrote in
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Nicholas
Tesla

Nikola. I've been fascinated with him since I was 8. I built my first
Tesla coil at 12. I built my biggest Tesla coil at 22. It was 11' tall
and produced sparks over 12' long....(c;

While touring the Smithsonian's Edison Exhibit (their "boy"), one of the
curators made the mistake of asking me what I thought of his exhibit. I
told him I found it very ironic, since the Smithsonian refuses to even
accept a bust of Tesla from a bunch of elementary students. "What's
ironic?", he asked. "This display is lighted with Tesla's flourescent
lamps, from Tesla's multiphase AC power system, using Tesla's ballasts,
transformers, alternators, high tension transmission lines and his entire
electrical system, right down to the watthour meter he invented to meter
it to you. The air conditioning and even that water cooler over there is
powered by Tesla's multiphase AC motors. Shouldn't this building be
running on DC from an Edison GENERATOR?"

He was not amused....(c;

PRICELESS...(c;