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America's Forgotten Titan: George Westinghouse (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 OP
He did manage to screw over the greatest genius of the 19th and 20th Century. gordianot Jan 2020 #1
Westinghouse paid Tesla a huge lump sum, shares and royalties for his patents wishstar Jan 2020 #2
Westinghouse cheated Tesla who died penniless. gordianot Jan 2020 #3

wishstar

(5,493 posts)
2. Westinghouse paid Tesla a huge lump sum, shares and royalties for his patents
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jan 2020

and Tesla himself said this about Westinghouse:

“George Westinghouse was, in my opinion, the only man on this globe who could take my alternating-current system under the circumstances then existing and win the battle against prejudice and money power,” said Tesla later in life. “He was one of the world’s true noblemen, of whom America may well be proud and to whom humanity owes an immense debt of gratitude.”

As I recall, Edison and others, not Westinghouse were the bad guys regarding Tesla.

gordianot

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3. Westinghouse cheated Tesla who died penniless.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jan 2020

Not only that he tore down Tesla’s tower ending his experiments.

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