Mr. Tesla and the Drehstrom System - Editorial

In another column will be found a few remarks of Mr. Carl Hering con- cerning Mr. Tesla's position with reference to the in- vention of the rotary field motor, written a month ago, but unpublished until now, for the reasons that are made evident to the reader here. It is in final response to communications sent by Mr. C. E. L. Brown to this and other journals ostentatiously upholding Mr. Tesla's rights in the matter. We desire to state right here that The Electrical World has over and over put itself on record as upholding Mr. Tesla's priority in the enunciation of the principles of multiphase motors. We have taken this position in the editorial columns several times already, and have had, at no time, any desire to recede from it. The question between Mr. Brown and Mr. Hering as to Dobro- wolsky's work in this direction has been discussed quite long enough, and we here take the opportunity of bringing the matter to a close, as it is neither necessary nor interesting. There exists between the two foreign engineers concerned a keen professional rivalry, and The Electrical World does not propose to be used as a cat's paw to pull Mr. Brown's chestnuts out of the fire. Both of these engineers are pos- sessed of undoubted ability, which we have always taken pleasure in recognizing, but we do not think that any question as to the merits of their work should be conducted through an American journal and over the shoulders of Mr. Hering, who is the gentleman apparently attacked.