Thomas Edison is commonly known as the father of modern electricity, but a lesser recognized man may have a much larger contribution to the current world. Nikola Tesla died holding over seven hundred patents related to his inventions. These inventions include fluorescent lighting, the steam turbine, and the world’s first hydroelectric plant. Tesla’s work led to wireless technology, lasers, radar, x-rays, and many more advances in modern science.
After arriving in the United States with only four cents in his pocket, Nikola Tesla went to help develop Thomas Edison's inventions at Edison's lab in Menlo Park. Tesla developed the technology that had eluded Edison, allowing electricity to be spread among hundreds of homes. After Edison refused to provide Tesla with promised compensation after this invention, Tesla founded his own company.
In 1885, George Westinghouse, the founder of Westinghouse Electrical Company, bought Tesla’s alternating current technology to light the lamps of urban citizens. Though Tesla continued selling his technology throughout his life, he died a poor, destitute man in a run-down New York City hotel. When he died in 1943, the United States government seized all of his paperwork and drawings, supposedly to protect it from enemy agents. This action has led to many conspiracy theories accusing the U.S. government of hiding secrets that could help society, but would not be profitable for large corporations.
-Excerpted from "It's a Wireless World" by Nancy Ninn
Which evidence from the text does not support the inference that Nikola Tesla was a great inventor?
Thomas Edison hired Nikola Tesla to develop inventions at his lab in Menlo Park.
Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States with only four cents in his pocket.
The US government seized Tesla's belongings after his death in 1943.
George Westinghouse bought Tesla's technology to light hundreds of homes.