In Nikola Tesla's original contract with George Westinghouse, the inventor was promised a bonus of $2.50 for every horsepower of alternating current sold. But making Tesla's AC motor was expensive ...

But aviation history apparently forgot the hybrid tilt-rotor/tilt-wing helicopter-airplane that Nikola ... with the Westinghouse Company. So significant were his contributions that Tesla’s ...

During the last part of the 19th century, George Westinghouse had made his fortune through his invention, the railroad air brake. Now a wealthy man, Westinghouse set his sights on the future ...

In 1896, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse became the first to successfully transmit hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls using alternating current. Hydropower helped Western New York gain ...

Tesla boss Elon Musk has heaped praise on the company’s namesake – Nikola Tesla – and branded ... Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern ...