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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
the real thing that pushed Tesla ahead wasnt that he invented AC or transformers, or the idea of high voltage transmission lines
the Tesla invention that made all the difference was his AC motor. No one could figure out how to make a motor that ran on AC. Tesla invented the basic AC induction motor concept that is still used today (and patented it)
Westinghouse bought his patent rights for a cool $1M cash + royalites!
House lights and street lights were great, but it was big powerfull electric motors in factories that drove the electrification of the world.
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Tesla also invented the multi phase (read 3) alternator. The patent went to Westinghouse. (Which he later tore up the royalties contract for when Westinghouse was almost bankrupt.) He later went on to study pulsed DC, and the effects that happened when high voltage generators were switched into the distribution lines of Edison's electric plants. (Put on tinfoil hat and check sources when studying what other people say about Tesla.)