Kalmia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some lepidopteran species including Coleophora kalmiella which feeds exclusively on Kalmia.hey grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats (K. angustifolia, K. polifolia) and dry, sandy soils (K. ericoides, K. latifolia). Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century.
Tesla electrified Niagara Falls!! In 1895, the Westinghouse Company and Nicola Tesla built the first hydroelectric alternating current system at Niagara Falls. Tesla was determined that the awesome power of the Falls should be harnessed to the awesome power of polyphase alternating current.
However, when 1934 came along, another inventor by the name of Thomas Henry Moray invented a 50,000-watt box that was being powered by radiant energy. Later, Gray would make an even larger discovery, which would lead to the electric motor, which was energized by an 80-horse power radiant energy generator.