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10 Maj 202018min
023 - Tesla - Tesla in the White City (1893)
It was the Fair That Changed America. And it was the chance for Tesla and Westinghouse to show the world the power of their AC system. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition made Tesla a household name...
19 Juni 20191h 39min
022 - Tesla - War of the Currents Part 6: The Battle of Chicago (1892)
Westinghouse makes an 11th-hour bid to electrify the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 with Tesla's AC system and GE will do anything to torpedo the deal. Welcome to Thunderdome: two bids enter, one bid le...
19 Feb 201941min
021 - Tesla - War of the Currents Part 5: The Second Front (1890 - 1892)
Edison and Westinghouse battle over lightbulbs and high finance as we return to the trenches of the War of the Currents, and see how the war whittled itself down from fifteen combatants to just two...
5 Nov 201839min
020 - Tesla - A Most Painful Ordeal (1892)
Tesla's trip to the Continent would take an emotional and physical toll that he couldn't have imagined. But he nevertheless returned from Europe with the big idea that would dominate the rest of his c...
20 Sep 201846min
019 - Tesla - Order of the Flaming Sword (1891-1892)
When his colleagues in the AC field start turning on him, Tesla uses an invitation to lecture in London to reassert his place as the inventor of the AC motor and to dazzle Victorian London with all-ne...
4 Sep 201845min
018 - Tesla - The Greatest Show On Earth (1891)
Tesla the Showman knocks 'em dead at the AIEE with a lecture for the ages and a breathtaking demonstration of high frequency AC. It was his ticket to fame and celebrity.
17 Juli 201842min
017 - Tesla - The Biggest Mistake Nikola Tesla Ever Made (1890-1891)
Fresh from his return from Europe, Tesla goes on an inventing spree and dabbles in high-frequency currents. But when George Westinghouse comes calling and pleads poverty, Tesla makes a fateful and cos...
27 Juni 201848min
