Edison received most of the notoriety for inventions of that time because he relished the fame, he loved it (his employees did the work and he took the credit). Westinghouse was a prolific inventor and was very shy to receive any social fame and he was very good to his employees. Just as he was about to loose ownership of a large portion of his business to the banks, his employees donated their money to help Westinghouse but it wasn't nearly enough. Westinghouse was a great man.