On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:40:28 +1000 Weaver <wea...@riseup.net> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:25:22 +0200 > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 00:44 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 03/10/11 23:17, John Hasler wrote: > > > > I wrote: > > > >> The heirs of Herr Siemens might disagree with you on that, not to > > > >> mention Thomson, Faraday, etc. > > > > > > > > Scott writes: > > > >> and Tesla (AC). > > > > > > > > While born in Europe Tesla became a US citizen and did his > > > > important work as such. > > > > > > Yes - of course. I only watched "The Prestige" the other night - I > > > must be getting very old. > > > > > > Electricity didn't go much of anywhere without AC - I recall Edison > > > tried with DC. Can't remember alternators - would that be Seimens?? > > > > > > I suspect we can credit the USA with the petroleum industry - though > > > it's only "suspect". And geographic/political boundaries don't > > > reliably define much. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Long distances need high voltage and AC. I suspect Nikola Tesla was a > > Roma from Jugoslavia, since my Gypsy friends, Roma from Jugoslavia, > > know his name and his profession and claim that he was a Roma. Dunno, > > but since their general knowledge isn't profound, there must be a > > reason that they especially know Tesla. I believe that three-phase AC > > could have to do with Siemens, I've got no idea what role was played > > by George Westinghouse. I won't read the Wiki. > > >
I suggest you all check on the high voltage feed from Canada in to the New York region. 0Hz > -- Best wishes / 73 e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com Richard Bown nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Fedora FC15 x86_64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 4400, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111003204829.1f5bf...@bigun.g8jvm.com
