↑ Margaret Cheney, Tesla: Man Out of Time. Page 21. (cf. "Semua orang di London bercakap mengenai Pendeta Baru Barat—dan mereka tidak bermaksud Encik Edison".)
↑ Richard Munson, From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and what it Means for the Future of Electricity. Halaman 23
↑ Tesla telah dijanjikan AS$50,000 bagi menambah baik kecekapan dinamo Edison yang kurang cekap, tetapi Edison langsung tidak membayarnya walau sesen pun. Edison pergi sebegitu jauh dengan cuba mengatakan beliau cumalah bergurau, dengan mengatakan “Tesla, awak tak faham lawak Amerika kami”. Untuk keterangan lanjut, sila rujuk "Tesla: Man Out of Time" oleh Margaret Cheney (Simon dan Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0743215362), halaman 56-57.
↑ Cheney, M., et al., (1999). Tesla, master of lightning. Halaman 19. (cf., "Edison lama kemudian mengakui bahawa kesilapan terbesar yang pernah dilakukan oleh beliau ialah cuma membangunkan arus terus dan bukannya menggunakan arus ulang-alik yang jauh lebih baik".)
↑ Donald G. Fink and H. Wayne Beaty, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Eleventh Edition,McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-07020974-X , bab 14, halaman 14-3 "Overhead power transmission"
↑ Brandon, C. (1999). The electric chair: an unnatural American history. Page 72. (cf. "Edison and his captains embarked on a no-holds-barred smear campaign designed to discredit AC as too dangerous [...]"
↑ Surat Brown dan Edison, di samping surat Brown dan Kennelly, menandakan Brown memperoleh arahan mingguan daripada syarikat Edison. Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila rujuk Brandon, C. (1999). Kerusi elektrik: sejarah Amerika yang luar biasa. Halaman 70.
↑ Brandon, C. (1999). Kerusi elektrik: sejarah Amerika yang luar biasa. Halaman 9 (cf. "Apabila New York mula menguji kerusi elektrik barunya terhadap anjing, kucing, lembu dan kuda pada tahun 1889 ia menjemput wartawan bagi menyaksikan kematian segera yang menjadi hasilnya".)
↑ Berton, P. (1997). Niagara: a history of the Falls. Page 163. (cf., Sebagai satu bentuk kompromi, General Electric telah diberikan kontrak pembinaan talian penghantaran dan pengagihan ke Buffalo, menggunakan paten Tesla.)
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