/oss/taxonomy/term/3542/all en /oss/article/history/westinghousing-kind-experiments-would-never-take-place-today-thank-goodness <p>In the late 1880s the two giants in the burgeoning field of electricity, namely Thomas Edison and Georges Westinghouse, squared off in what has been called The Battle of The Currents. Edison was the champion of transmitting electricity by direct current, whereas Westinghouse thought that alternating current was a far more efficient way of delivering electricity since it could be transformed to higher voltages, which meant a lower loss of transmission over distances.</p> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:12:26 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7479 at /oss