The Contract from Tesla
Clip: Season 29 Episode 7 | 52s
Tesla's original contract with George Westinghouse. Premieres 10/18 on PBS.
In Nikola Tesla's original contract with George Westinghouse, the inventor was promised a bonus of $2.50 for every horsepower of alternating current sold. But making Tesla's AC motor was expensive, and Westinghouse soon told Tesla he wouldn't be able to pay him what was originally promised.
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The Contract from Tesla
Clip: Season 29 Episode 7 | 52s
In Nikola Tesla's original contract with George Westinghouse, the inventor was promised a bonus of $2.50 for every horsepower of alternating current sold. But making Tesla's AC motor was expensive, and Westinghouse soon told Tesla he wouldn't be able to pay him what was originally promised.
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