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Re: Tesla or Westinghouse?



At 3:12 PM -0700 on 4/11/02, William Beaty wrote
If Edison won the contract to harness Niagra falls
to light the city of Buffalo, his generators would have been limited to a
couple of kilovolts,


ummmm, is the kiloWATTS that you meant?

I suspect that the AC was shipped at no more than a few KV. Right?
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