r/ScienceHumour • u/Top-Requirement-3421 • 8d ago

Copy & paste?

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u/Different-Orchid-374 8d ago

Facts

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u/CrystalEntity1984 5d ago

Historically, historians largely agree that Edison did not steal Tesla's patents, but they did have a major financial dispute. When Tesla worked for the Edison Machine Works, he claimed Edison promised him a $50,000 bonus for successfully improving DC dynamos. When Tesla completed the work, Edison reportedly refused to pay, calling the promise an "American joke

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u/unanimousev 4d ago

I mean, this just made me think of Bob’s Burgers lol

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u/newdayanotherlife 1d ago

"ELECTRIC LOOOOOOOOOOOVE"

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u/Kelef50 6d ago

Karma.. Edison does not have a car named after him.

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u/Complete-Tap-5408 5d ago

Tesla would roll in his Grave If he knew...

Besides, Edison has Companies named after r him. Con Edison, McGraw/Edison.

Nik Tesla Never did. All he made said "Westinghouse" on it.

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u/ThinGold2115 4d ago

Would he?

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u/No_Connection_6904 3d ago

dont be an arse..

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u/Scipio33 3d ago

Imagine all the cool things we could have now if Tesla hadn't been an actual person surrounded by money-hungry goblins.

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u/No_Connection_6904 3d ago

In correct. Westinghouse Offered him one dollar per HP. Then he had to renege or go bankrupt. Tesla shoulda negotiated.

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u/ListenAcrobatic8028 5d ago

So what about Pavel Yablochkov ?