On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:49:26 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Karl Bongers wrote: > > > Edison and Marconi are frequently credited for the invention of AC power > > transmission and radio. The program demonstrates that this is not the > > case. > > Interesting. I thought Edison was an advocate for DC, but he was > overruled. Regarding radio - what about Loomis? Are they really saying > that Tesla invented radio? There certainly were patents in radio > technology before Tesla's time. Maybe Tesla's approach was the one that > won out. DC was/is much safer. What tipped the scales in favor of AC is that AC can be transmitted over much greater distances. DC would have required a ton more substations. At the time it wasn't practical to build all of these, especially in the rural areas. > > I'll have to record this show. Thanks for telling us about it! > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list