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Being cut off from electricity doesn’t just affect whether we can make a phone call or heat dinner; it affects a doctor’s ability to perform surgery, a police officer’s ability to respond to a 911 call, and a city’s ability to provide basic services to its citizens. For these reasons and more, many experts are … Read more
Nikola Tesla jump-started the modern world with revolutionary electrical generators and motors. Generators are driven by mechanical force to provide electricity. Motors do the reverse, using electricity to spur mechanical action, as in vacuum cleaners and cars. In 1893, Westinghouse Electric Corp. used steam engines to power Tesla’s alternating current (AC) generators to illuminate the … Read more