Who was George Westinghouse's major business competitor?
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
Answer
Thomas Edison was a major business competitor of George Westinghouse. Westinghouse developed alternating current (AC) electricity, while Edison preferred direct current (DC) electricity. The two men had a fierce rivalry, and their competing systems of electricity were the subject of much debate and controversy. In the end, Westinghouse's AC system won out, and it is the system that is used today.
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