From: dhky@shaw.ca   
      
   On 30/12/2013 3:35 AM, J.B. Wood wrote:   
   > On 12/29/2013 11:40 PM, Don Kelly wrote:   
   >   
   >> I wish that the world would realize the real contributions that he made   
   >> rather than much that he  supposedly proposed in  his later years when,   
   >> evidence indicates paranoia and other problems.   
   >> The universal acceptance of the unit "Tesla"  and his polyphase machines   
   >> which, along  with Gaulard & Gibbs transformer made our present   
   >> electrical grid system feasible.   
   >>   
   >> P.S.   
   >>   
   >> "redbubble" seems to be proficient as a source of T shirts.   
   >> Why is this listed as a reference in  earlier messages/   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > You're right on the money about that, Don. IMO.  Some of us do believe   
   > that reality is always stranger than the strangest fiction.  One thing I   
   > do believe is that Tesla, while a great inventor, didn't possess a   
   > knowledge of the theory and the applied mathematics of the phenomena he   
   > was investigating, especially in the discpline of   
   > electromagnetics/electrophysics.  IOW, he understood the cause and   
   > effect without knowing the detail of what was under the hood.  That   
   > doesn't detract from his accomplishments but does suggest he went down   
   > the wrong alley more than once.  And the same can be said of Edison.   
   > Sincerely,   
      
      
   I agree with you  with regard to both Tesla and Edison. Edison is often   
   called the father of the modern electrical grid- he wasn't - Tesla,   
   Gaulard and Gibbs  had more to do with that (Westinghouse was more of an   
   entrepreneur ).  One"lesser?' person of the Edison era was Elihu   
   Thompson who thought about what he wanted to do before trying   
   it-something Edison didn't do- so Elihu often got it right the first time.   
   I am not sure that any of these has a great grasp of   
   electromagnetics/electrophysics but were able to take some basic ideas   
   and devices and make them practical.   
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   Don Kelly   
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