re: #19 Alouette

Edison and Henry Ford conspired to destroy Tesla, like a pair of supervillains.

Why did the motion picture industry end up in LA? Because it was the furthest away they could get from New Jersey. Edison was claiming royalties from every movie ever made using his film and projection apparatus.

And sending thugs. And stealing movies. And generally being horrible.

Ford and Eddison are two of the more repugnant industrialists in American history and both remarkable racists to boot.

However, Tesla got a unit named after him and has real physics behind him. Tesla will be remembered for his contributions as long as there is physics being done. There is no Eddison effect or Eddison’s law. There is no fundamental physics he did, and most of his inventions were done by those working for him. Eddison will be forgotten as LEDs and Curly bulbs take over.