... of five, he moved to Gospic, another city in Croatia. In Gospic, he felt alone because he had moved away from the country and all of his friends and farm animals. One day, though, everything changed. The town had just bought a new fire truck. There was a public display in which the water was supposed to be turned on and sprayed from ... , however, was not enough. Edison paid children in the neighborhood to bring pets and alley cats to him. He then electrocuted the animals in public using AC. Edison's biggest attempt was when he sent one of his assistants to buy a license to use AC from W...

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... the academic world soon began discussing the prospects of AC power. Business magnate George Westinghouse, an early advocate of AC power, soon became interested in Nikola's idea. Westinghouse proceeded to buy the patents for Tesla's polyphase AC systems and hire him as a consultant. The system was a great success and beat out Edison's DC systems. Westinghouse implemented the system across the country ... jealous of Tesla because of his amazing scope and did his best to convince the public that AC power just wouldn't work. He held public demonstrations in which he electrocuted animals usi...

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