Electrcity

=The Widespread Use of Electricity =



Nikola Tesla was born in modern day Croatia on July 10th, 1856. Tesla was an electrical and mechanical engineer, and an inventor. He was one of the founding fathers of commercial electricity. Tesla had 278 official patents, in 26 countries. All of these patents involved electricity and are what formed the idea of alternating current, or AC electricity. His work helped spark America's second industrialization.

George Westinghouse was born in New York on October 6, 1846.Westinghouse was an engineer and entrepreneur. He used the research on AC electricity done by Nikola Tesla to beat his competitor, Thomas Edison in the battle of alternating current vs. direct current. He made many inventions that aided in the railway business, before he started his battle of currents with Edison.

media type="youtube" key="e7nFga2BpGU" width="425" height="350" A motor invented by Nikola Tesla, which helped in the widespread use of electricity.

It is hard to imagine life without electricity, but in the 1920's it was hard for people to imagine a life with electricity. Electrification is arguably one of the biggest changes our country, and world has ever gone through. Electricity reached almost all the decently populated cities around America in the 1920's, but rural places of our country did not receive electricity in some cases until the late 1930's and early 40's. The electrification of America drastically changed all parts of everyone's lives. People could now work at night, and purchase and use electrical appliances. This made life a lot easier for people, as people who have lost their power for an amount of time, know how difficult it can make their lives. The Electrification of the America opened up an almost unlimited amount of jobs and possibilities. Company's started to produce more and more complex electrical appliances, just as they continue to do today. The electrician was also born in the 1920's, helping to deliver electricity to ultimately every part of the country.

Jason Stoddart