K guys after reading a lil of your conversations and skimmin through the rest i figured id clear up some of your confusion. Tesla did not crete the incandescent light bulb. Edison is credited with the incandescent light bulb, however The glory should belong to Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans, pals in Toronto in the 1870s.
Tesla arrived in New York City at the age of twenty-eight with very little money and a letter of introduction from one of Edison’s business associates in Europe. Edison immediately hired Tesla to make improvements on his DC generation plants. Tesla said that Edison offered him $50,000 if he was successful, maybe because edison believed it was impossible, but Tesla was a broke immigrant and agreed to help at the thought of so much money. Several months after Tesla announced to Edison he was finished. Edison explained that the bid of $50,000 had been made as a joke. "When you become a full-fledged American you will appreciate an American joke," Edison said. Tesla immediately resigned.
Edison was not interested in AC current and Tesla did not take much interest in DC. Edison was set on making DC the way to go and he beleived AC was alot more dangerous this could have had a lil to do with his dislike for Tesla. but i beleive he shocked that elephant out of jealousy. He said he shocked it to show how dangerous AC current was. HE could have used something smaller like amouse however this would not have proved hipoint it would not take nearly as much to fry a mouse than it would have to fry a mighty animal such as an elephant it added to his side by using such a large animal.
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