@饺子踮脚望孤山 @玖天狱

After leaving Edison's company Tesla partnered with two businessmen in 1886, , who agreed to finance an electric lighting company in Tesla's name, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing.

离开爱迪生的公司后，特斯拉与两位商人，Robert Lane and Benjamin Vale，于1886年以特斯拉的名义创办了特斯拉电灯制造公司。

The company installed electrical arc light based illumination systems designed by Tesla and also had designs for dynamo electric machine commutators, the first patents issued to Tesla in the US.

公司为客户安装特斯拉设计的电弧灯照明系统,也设计了发电机电机换向器,这是特斯拉在美国获得的第一个专利。

The investors showed little interest in Tesla's ideas for new types of motors and electrical transmission equipment and also seemed to think it was better to develop an electrical utility than invent new systems.

投资者对特斯拉关于新型电动机和电力传输设备的想法没什么兴趣，他们觉得比起发明新系统，更好的做法是改进现有的电力系统。

They eventually forced Tesla out leaving him penniless.

最终他们迫使特斯拉身无分文的离开了公司。

He even lost control of the patents he had generated since he had assigned them to the company in lieu of stock.

他甚至失去了专利的所有权,因为他之前将它们替换成了公司的股票。

He had to work at various electrical repair jobs and even as a ditch digger for $2 per day.

他不得不从事各种电气维修工作来糊口,甚至为了每天2美元的报酬而去开挖掘机。

Tesla considered the winter of 1886/1887 as a time of "terrible headaches and bitter tears.

特斯拉称1886年的那个冬天是“可怕的头痛和苦涩的泪水“交织的一年。

" During this time, he questioned the value of his education.

“在这段艰苦的岁月,他甚至怀疑他接受的教育是否有价值。