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Tesla versus Edison: lessons from the AC/DC war

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08 Aug 2018 James McKenzie
Taken from the August 2018 issue of Physics World under the headline "AC/DC lessons"

James McKenzie reveals what we can learn from the “current wars” between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison

A few months ago I wrote about the battle in the late 19th century between Joseph Swan and Thomas Ed

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James McKenzie is the writer of the Transactions column for Physics World about physics in industry. He is writing here in a personal capacity
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