Talk:George Westinghouse

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The opening paragraph (comparison with Edison) is very POV and adds nothing meaningful to the article.

Edison V. Westinghouse

I belive that this article is very well written. It's opening comment is supported by the text extreamly well --69.81.167.49 23:28, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hmm... at the very least, it is an odd opening paragraph, not a good way to start the article off. As far as POV goes, it may just slightly be leaning in that direction, but without nessesarily crossing over the line. func(talk) 03:29, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've had a shot at improving the intro, at least. J.K. 08:06, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

last paragraph

well written article, excepting this: from the last paragraph, "He was mourned."

As this stands, well, my reaction is "odd that it's pointed out. he vast majority of people are." If this an attmept to convey that there was a public mourning, it doesn't. ("He was publically mourned." would be a start there, if that's the intention.)

I think i'm going to delete the sentence in a few days unless it's clarified. I mean no disrespect to him, but just generally being mourned isn't particularly noteworthy.

last paragraph

The opening paragraph (comparison with Edison) is very POV and adds nothing meaningful to the article. It souldn't talk about Edison's fight with him. It doesn't fit.

Renamed Company ???

A quote from the article:

• That same year, he formed the "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company", which was renamed the "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" in 1889.

The before and after company names are the same. There must be a mistake somewhere. The linked article, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, says this new name came in 1945, so it is not clear what the company's old name was. H Padleckas 08:03, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tesla

I'm not sure it is quite right to describe Westinghouse as Tesla's 'friend'. As far as I can tell it was very one sided - Westinghouse got a lot out of Tesla and Tesla didn't get much in return. Also Westinghouse did not support Tesla after his initial work on a.c. - e.g. Tesla had to go to JP Morgan for support on his wireless transmission project. I think 'business partner' would be nearer the truth than 'friend' 4kinnel 16:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

section Electricity and the "War of Currents" should be shortened

I think the section Electricity and the "War of Currents" should be shortened, because Main article War of Currents exists. The section should be the abstruct of the article War of Currents. But I cannot think the section is the abstruct. So sentences should be moved (and merged ) from the section Electricity and the "War of Currents" to the article War of Currents, if they do not exist in the article. Thank you. Penpen0216 09:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Benz Velo Picture

Any reason the picture of Benz's Velo is here? I don't see any reference to it in the text. JaKaL! (talk) 13:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

When you see some thing like this, be bold and take it out! That particular error has been here since May 08 - I guess no-one reads the article, or people just like pictures of old cars. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

No evidence that Tesla "conceived" rotaing magnetic field in 1882

No evidence that Tesla created anything concerning AC motor and rotating magnetic field before 1888. Galileo Ferraris discovered the principle in 1885 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Magnagr (talk • contribs) 19:03, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Unverified Tesla

I have rewritten the sections referring to Tesla because it seemed to be unreferenced Tesla fan fiction/myth such as this was a "Tesla system", that this had anything to do with Tesla's time at Edison, or that induction motors were immediately adopted. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 22:51, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Heritage

Westinghouse's first American ancestor was an ethnic German immigrant from Westphalia named Wistinghausen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:490E:23A:456C:80E9:AB62:DFC2 (talk) 09:50, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a "Death and Legacy" section?

Seems odd not to have it StainlessSteelScorpion (talk) 20:43, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

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