#datocurioso

¿Sabían que la invención de la silla eléctrica en 1888 fue el resultado directo de una campaña de sabotaje corporativo liderada por Thomas Edison para destruir la reputación de Nikola Tesla y George Westinghouse? ⚡️

Durante la denominada Guerra de las Corrientes, Edison buscaba demostrar que la corriente alterna (AC) promovida por sus competidores era letal y peligrosa para el uso doméstico frente a su propia corriente continua (DC). Para lograrlo, financió secretamente a Harold P. Brown, quien realizó demostraciones públicas electrocutando animales para generar pánico en la población. El objetivo final era que el estado de Nueva York adoptara un generador de Westinghouse para las ejecuciones judiciales, permitiendo que Edison utilizara el término "ser westinghousizado" como sinónimo de morir electrocutado por AC. 🏛️

A pesar de los esfuerzos de Westinghouse por impedir legalmente que sus máquinas se usaran con fines de ejecución, la primera silla eléctrica, instalada en la prisión de Auburn, funcionó con un alternador de su marca obtenido mediante intermediarios de Edison. El 6 de agosto de 1890, la ejecución de William Kemmler resultó en un espectáculo grotesco y fallido que requirió dos intentos y varios minutos de descarga, lo que llevó a Westinghouse a declarar que habrían terminado antes usando un hacha. No obstante, la estrategia de desprestigio no logró frenar la adopción de la corriente alterna, la cual se consolidó como el estándar mundial debido a su eficiencia para el transporte de energía a largas distancias. 💡

#Historia #Edison #Tesla #Westinghouse #Electricidad #NuevaYork

Urandeals: Lieferketten und Verarbeitung – Wie die Europäische Union den Brennstoff-Nachschub für den Betrieb von Atomkraftwerken organisiert – umweltFAIRaendern
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/07/13/urandeals-lieferketten-und-verarbeitung-wie-die-europaeische-union-den-brennstoff-nachschub-fuer-den-betrieb-von-atomkraftwerken-organisiert/

#Uran #uranverarbeitung #Atomkraft #Atomstrom #Atomenergie #uranbrennstoff #nuclearfuel #anf #Westinghouse #rosatom #anf #TVEL #energieversorgung #Energiepolitik #klimakrise #fridaysforfuture #energiewende

@dbattistella weren’t many of them USA companies?

#GM General Motors - Owned Opel factories that produced military trucks and vehicles for the Wehrmacht. By 1942, approximately one-third of Wehrmacht trucks were produced at Ford and GM facilities in Germany.

#Ford Ford Motor Company - Ford-Werke facilities in Cologne produced military vehicles including trucks and half-tracks. US Army investigators found the operations functioned with knowledge of Detroit headquarters and used forced labor.

#IBM - Through majority-owned German subsidiary Dehomag, supplied punch-card tabulating equipment used for census operations and tracking populations (transfer). Equipment was used from the early 1930s through the war.

Standard Oil - Had major investment partnership with IG Farben chemical company as second-largest stockholder. Supplied oil and maintained economic ties with German industrial interests throughout the 1930s.

#ITT - Owned 25% stake in Focke-Wulf aircraft manufacturer through subsidiary C. Lorenz AG. Also owned shares in Signalbau AG which produced radar equipment and transceivers for the Wehrmacht.

Eastman Kodak - German subsidiary Kodak AG produced film, fuses, triggers, and detonators. Used forced labor at Stuttgart and Berlin facilities. Continued importing goods purchased from Germany through neutral countries like Switzerland.

Coca-Cola - Operated bottling plants including one in Essen. Sold 4.5 million cases in Germany in 1939, up from 100,000 cases in 1933. Sponsored the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

DuPont - Had German operations and investments documented in early 1930s, though specific wartime activities are less clear in the sources I found.

International Harvester - Manufacturing operations in Germany with investments growing by 33% annually in the mid-1930s according to company president Sydney McAllister.

Singer - Maintained German subsidiary operations through the 1930s and into the war period.

#Westinghouse - Had documented German investments and operations continuing through the 1930s.

General Electric - Maintained German business connections and investments through the 1930s.

Union Banking Corporation (Prescott Bush) - Banking firm that reportedly transferred funds to German industrial interests in the early 1930s, with particular ties to steel magnate Thyssen.

World's Fair. Night shot of Westinghouse 1940.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 transparency : color ; 5x7 in.

#World #Westinghouse #Gottscho-Schleisner #SchleisnerInc #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018750199/

World's Fair night views. Westinghouse tower, detail 1939 June 24.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 negative : safety ; 4x5 in.

#World #Westinghouse #Gottscho-Schleisner #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018722416/

World's Fair night views. Westinghouse tower 1939 June 24.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 negative : safety ; 4x5 in.

#World #Westinghouse #Gottscho-Schleisner #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018722415/

World's Fair night views. Westinghouse, general view 1939 June 24.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 negative : safety ; 4x5 in.

#World #Westinghouse #Gottscho-Schleisner #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018722414/