Episode 23: War of the Currents

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12. “How Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse Battled to Electrify America,” History, October 24 2019, https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-war-of-the-currents.

13. “Nikola Tesla’s Struggle to Remain Relevant,” Smithsonian Magazine, April 25 2016, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/nikola-tesla-museum-belgrade-inventor-electricity-smithsonian-journeys-travel-quarterly-180958881/.

14. “Myth Buster-Topsy the Elephant,” Rutgers School oof Arts & Sciences, October 28 2016, http://edison.rutgers.edu/topsy.htm#:~:text=Edison%20was%20prompted%20to%20conduct,dogs%20provided%20by%20the%20SPCA.

15. “ Topsy the Elephant Was a Victim of Her Captors, Not Thomas Edison,” Smithsonian Magazine, January 4 2017, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/topsy-elephant-was-victim-her-captors-not-really-thomas-edison-180961611/

16. “ The Westinghouse/Edison Rivalry - stray dogs, circus elephants, and getting Westinghoused,” Scientific American, December 5 2011, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/the-westinghouseedison-rivalry-stray-dogs-circus-elephants-and-getting-westinghoused/#:~:text=At%20his%20West%20Orange%20laboratory,quick%2C%20the%20committee%20was%20impressed.&text=When%20New%20York%20State%20sentenced,executed%20in%20an%20electric%20chair.

17. “ The Undying Appeal of Nikola Tesla’s “Death Ray,”” Science History Institute, October 6 2020, https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-undying-appeal-of-nikola-teslas-death-ray.

18. “ Thomas Edison, B.C. Forbes And The Mystery Of The Spirit Phone,” Forbes, October 25 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2019/10/25/thomas-edison-bc-forbes-mystery-spirit-phone/?sh=1c52288229ad.

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21. “The War of the Currents: AC vs. DC Power,” The Department of Energy,https://www.energy.gov/articles/war-currents-ac-vs-dc-power.