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 Hi, everyone! First of all, thank you for coming here today. Let me introduce
myself my name is Mekola.
And my name is Vlad. We are students of faculty of renewable sources of energy
of KPI.
 As you can see on the screen, our topic today is Nicola Tesla versus Thomas
Edison.
Before we start I want to add that you needn’t to make some notes because we’ll
be handing out copies of the text and PowerPoint slides.

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 We have decided to divide our presentation into three main parts: some
information about both engineers and last one about war of currents.
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I want to begin with some words about Nicola Tesla and then my partner will tell
you about Eddison. Nikola Tesla inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical
engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern
alternating current electricity supply system. Nikola Tesla was born an ethnic Serb
in the village of Smiljan. Tesla's mother had a talent for making home craft tools
and mechanical appliances and the ability to memorize Serbian epic poems. Tesla
credited his eidetic memory and creative abilities to his mother's genetics and
influence. Tesla was genious. He was able to visualize objects, including
inventions he was building, in his head, down to the minutest detail. His method of
working was pretty unusual compared to other inventors, as he rarely created
sketches or drawings, relying instead on the power of his own imagination to work
out details. Beginning in early childhood, Tesla experienced flashes of light, which
were sometimes followed by inspiration or solutions to problems. Tesla believed
that his work had the potential to light the Earth’s atmosphere, banishing darkness
and bringing in a new era of light. He theorized that gases in Earth’s upper
atmosphere were capable of carrying high-frequency electrical currents, and
successful transmission of such currents there could create a “night light” that
would illuminate whole cities. But like most of Tesla’s loftier aims, this goal was
never realized, and its possibility remains unproven.
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Thomas was born on February 11, 1847. He was the youngest of seven children.
Al - as Thomas Alva was called as a child, was short and looked a little frail, but
from a young age showed great interest in books and various experiments,
especially chemical. Teachers considered it "limited" because they did not try to
understand and develop the child's personality. His mother picked him up from
school and gave him his first education. As a child, Edison helped his mother sell
fruits and vegetables. However, the pocket money earned in this way was not
enough for his experiments, especially chemical. To make money on books and
various devices for experiments, he settled at the railway station at the age of 12.
He rescued the stationmaster's son from rolling stock, and the man thanked
Thomas by teaching him telegraph work. Edison immediately built his own small
telegraph line. A little later he started working as a telegraph operator. He
continued to spend all his money on books and experiments. In 1869 he moved to
New York. Its first development to improve telegraphy was purchased for 40
thousand dollars. But probably the most important discovery for mankind was the
electric incandescent lamp. And not so much the lamp itself, as a widespread
system of electric lighting. During Edison's lifetime, the US Patent Office granted
him 1093 patents. Edison had an amazing determination and efficiency. As he
searched for a suitable material for the filament of an electric lamp, he went
through about 6000 samples of materials until he settled on carbonized bamboo.
Checking the characteristics of a carbon chain lamp, he spent in the laboratory
about 45 hours without rest. Until his old age, he worked 16-19 hours a day.

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Now we’ll tell you story of war of the currents. By the early 1880s, Edison had
perfected the lamp or light bulb as it is more popularly known, but an electric
distribution system was needed. Fortunately, the first commercial dynamo (DC
generator) became available about the same time Edison’s light bulb started getting
popular. Within a short time, there were over 200 electric companies in North
America using DC systems and all paying patent royalties to Edison.
 With the growth of his electrical empire, Edison hired a young engineer
from Europe, Nikola Tesla to improve the equipment used in the DC
distribution systems. Tesla improved the dynamo, but he also presented
Edison with innovative ideas based on the new alternating current (AC)
technology. Needless to say, Edison was less than enthusiastic about AC.
The two geniuses parted company. Once Tesla was on his own, he designed
a complete AC system. He was awarded seven U.S. patents for polyphase
AC motors and power transmission equipment. About that time George
Westinghouse entered the battle. He believed in the new AC technology and
struck up a deal with Tesla to purchase Tesla’s patents. The war of the
currents, as historians call it, was underway big time. It was an epic battle
between these two geniuses and the technologies of AC and DC.
There was a great deal of turmoil until the Westinghouse/Tesla AC system was
selected to illuminate the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Tesla’s polyphase system of
AC power generation and transmission system was about half the price of the DC
system and required far less infrastructure. From that point onward, most of the
electrical devices ordered in the U.S. were for AC voltages.
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 In the end we are grateful to you for your attention and we hope you enjoyed
your presentation.