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- Thomas Edison
- Nikola Tesla
- George Westinghouse
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- On Display
- Bibliography
Thomas Edison is the inventor of the incandescent light bulb (among many other inventions!) and was a proponent of direct electrical current (DC). In 1881 Edison's Machine Works company set up in New York City. Later the Machine Works company moved to Schenectady, NY when it was merged in with other companies to form Edison's General Electric, whic...
Nikola Tesla, an immigrant from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, had originally worked with Thomas Edison when Tesla came to America. But Tesla thought that alternating electric current (AC) was better than direct electrical current (DC), and he had a falling out with Edison. Tesla's patents on alternating electric current were purchased by George West...
George Westinghouse had grown up in Schenectady, NY and attended Union College. His major invention was the air brake that made train travel much safer. But Westinghouse was also interested in electricity, and he championed alternating electrical current (AC) and became a rival of Thomas Edison in the war of the currents. In 1888 Westinghouse purch...
Charles Proteus Steinmetz immigrated from Poland in 1889. He began working for General Electric in 1892. His inventions and lectures and writings improved on the light bulb and addressed the issues of direct current and alternating current. He was known as "the man who made lightning" and in 1922 gave a demonstration of this to Thomas Edison.
The large exhibit cases showcase an enlarged copy of the New York Heraldarticle of December 21, 1879 that broke the news of Edison's invention of the light bulb. This article is copied from the microfilmed edition of the newspaper from the microfilmed newspapers collection of the New York State Library. Articles written about electricity, the 1893 ...
Books American Society of Mechanical Engineers. George Westinghouse commemoration; a forum presenting the career and achievements of George Westinghouse on the 90th anniversary of his birth, conducted by the American society of mechanical engineers, December 1, 1936. New York, The American society of mechanical engineers, 1937. NYSL Call Number: Z ...
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1. charge of quarters. 2. commercial quality. Word History. Etymology. Communications code abbreviation. c all to q uarters. First Known Use. Communications Code Abbreviation. 1924, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of CQ was in 1924. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near CQ. CPU. CQ. Cr.
