Quote of the Day: Thomas A. Edison

[Inspiration Bot]

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

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[maddmaxx ★]

"Good by to the Edison Machine Works".

_{Nikola Tesla}

[MickinMD ★]

Of course, when Tesla and Westinghouse were close to succeeding in selling their AC power project to the new generator project at Niagara Falls, Edison dido everything he could to destroy them and promote his DC power setup.  Edison even invented the electric chair to "show" how dangerous AC power is.

Of course, after the Niagara Falls folks picked Westinghouse and Tesla, Edison had to start thinking about using AC himself.  His generators, of course, produced AC electricity initially but he went through the inefficient process of converting that to DC electricity.