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Everything Everywhere Daily

The War of the Currents

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future of electricity. The battle was fought in boardrooms and newspapers, and there was seemingly nothing that was off-limits. The battle eventually took the lives of several people…..and several dogs. Learn more about the current wars between George Westinghouse, Nikolai Tesla, and Thomas Edison, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the late 19th century, several of the world's foremost inventors engaged in a public battle for the future of electricity.

0:06.5

The battle was fought in boardrooms and newspapers, and there were seemingly nothing that was off limits.

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The battle eventually took the lives of several people and

0:14.3

several dogs. Learn more about the current wars between George Westinghouse,

0:18.2

Nikolai Tesla, and Thomas Edison on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain.

0:37.0

If you're interested in science and technology, there are a host of things you can explore in Spain.

0:42.0

The World's largest astronomical

0:43.6

telescope the Grand Telescopeo Canaryas can be found in the island of La Palma in the

0:47.9

Canary Islands. It is the location of some of the most incredible recent

0:51.8

discoveries in astronomy and you can visit

0:54.0

it for yourself.

0:55.0

Likewise, if you're interested in volcanoes, there's probably no better place in the world

0:59.2

at this moment than the island of La Palma, where there is an act of eruption as I'm speaking.

1:04.5

You can also visit the incredible city of arts and sciences in Valencia, which serves as a location

1:09.1

for almost every science fiction movie.

1:11.5

It also has a great planetarium and aquarium.

1:14.0

You can plan your intellectual adventure in Spain by visiting Spain.

1:18.0

info which has everything you need to plan your trip.

1:21.0

Once again that's Spain. info. Standards are really important. If

1:29.5

everyone has a standard way of doing something it usually will make things easier for everyone.

1:34.8

Even if the standard which is chosen isn't necessarily the best, some standard is usually better

1:39.4

than nothing.

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