E.W. Rice interviews Elihu Thomson - 1932

Two of the fathers of the General Electric corporation discuss electrical history in this early recording. Film made June 21, 1932 in front yard of Rice's home in Schenectady. Thomson discusses past-presidency of ASEE, 1877 arc light, 1883 non-brittle carbon brush, three-phase winding, air-blast mechanism, lightning arrestor.
Elihu Thompson was the co-founder of the Thompson-Houston Electric Company. This company merged with (or, arguably, acquired) Edison General Electric in 1892, over Edison's protests.
At the time, the manager of Thompson-Houston was Charles Coffin who then became the president of the new General Electric. At his retirement Thompson was offered the position, but he declined. Instead, the senior vice president Edwin Rice stepped into the position. At the time of this film Rice had been retired for a decade.

[@kellingtonlink956]

Wow. Most people are not aware of the significance of his lighting system. Edison’s light bulb may never or happened. Or even General Electronic. Thanks for posting this.

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it's not every day you hear someone say what they were doing in 1878.

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Great video really awesome that they took the time to make this and for you posting it thanks

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Priceless...

[@hellojello8376]

So Nicola Tesla and him would have worked together or know each other? I would guess, since of the time frame back then.

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#QAnon :)