Genuine question about Tesla and Edison

[Windevoid]

Where did Edison get the glass bulbs for his light bulb experiments and his other equipment? And where did Tesla get his electrical

 

equipment and supplies?

Goes ditto for the other electricity guys and women of the era.

[ACG52]

From a glass blower. Glass blowing is a very old craft.

[EdEarl]

Metal working is also a very old craft.

[swansont]

A lot of equipment was probably built "in-house", since before it was a mature field, you couldn't go out and just buy it. So back in the day, someone wound coils, and made Leyden jars, and such.

[PureGenius]

Tesla designed almost every piece of equipment he used but if something already existed He would use that , he actually short circuited one of his own power plants because he pulled to much electricity during one of his many experiments . Also patent law wasn't what it is now there were many patent disputes concerning radio parts Tesla designed.

Edited July 24, 2013 by PureGenius