Re: [OT] British vs. American English
On 03/10/11 23:17, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
>> The heirs of Herr Siemens might disagree with you on that, not to
>> mention Thomson, Faraday, etc.
>
> Scott writes:
>> and Tesla (AC).
>
> While born in Europe Tesla became a US citizen and did his important
> work as such.
Yes - of course. I only watched "The Prestige" the other night - I must
be getting very old.
Electricity didn't go much of anywhere without AC - I recall Edison
tried with DC. Can't remember alternators - would that be Seimens??
I suspect we can credit the USA with the petroleum industry - though
it's only "suspect". And geographic/political boundaries don't reliably
define much.
Cheers
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