Nicholas Tesla
(in Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; Smiljan, Austrian Empire, present-day Croatia, July 10, 1856-New York, January 7, 1943) was an inventor, mechanical, electrical, and physical engineer of Serbian origin. for his numerous inventions in the field of electromagnetism, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and his theoretical work helped forge the foundations of modern systems for the use of electric power by alternating current (AC), including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the alternating current motor, which contributed to the emergence of the Second Industrial Revolution.
In January 1880, two of his uncles raised enough money to send him to Prague, where Tesla intended to study at the university, but unfortunately it was too late to enroll [appointment required]; also did not study Greek or Czech, compulsory subjects. In 1881 he moved to Budapest to work in a telegraph company [appointment required]. In 1882 he entered the Continental Edison Company in France to design and improve electrical equipment [appointment required]. In June 1884, he moved to New York City where he was hired by Thomas A. Edison to work at the Edison Machine Works [appointment required]. In 1885 he argued that he could design Edison's engines and generators by improving their quality and performance. In 1888 his first practical system design for generating and transmitting alternating current for the electrical power system took place [appointment required]. In the spring of 1891, Tesla conducted demonstrations with various machines at the American Institute of Engineers at Columbia University. In this way, he demonstrated that all types of devices could be powered through a single cable without a return conductor.
Tesla, of Serbian ethnicity, was born in the town of Smiljan (currently in Croatia) in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire and later became an American national.
After his demonstration of wireless communication by radio waves in 1894 [citation needed] and after his victory in the war of the currents, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest electrical engineers in the United States of America. [appointment required]. During this period Tesla's fame rivaled that of any inventor or scientist in popular history or culture, but due to his eccentric personality and incredible claims - sometimes totally implausible, and sometimes false - about possible development. of scientific and technological innovations, Tesla ended up ostracized and considered a mad scientist. He never paid more attention to his finances; he is said to have died impoverished at 86.
The unit of measurement for the magnetic field (B) of the International System of Units (also called magnetic flux density or magnetic induction), the tesla (T), was named in his honor at the Paris General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960.
In addition to his work in electromagnetism and electromechanical engineering, Tesla's work later served to a different extent in the development of robotics, remote control, radar, computer science, ballistics, nuclear physics, and theoretical physics. . He carried out studies that would allow radio to be developed, but he never developed this concept because he did not fully understand the physics inherent in this phenomenon. Later, when Guillermo Marconi claimed for the rights to use the radio in the middle of World War II, the United States Supreme Court rejected the claim, including in its decision the restoration of certain patents prior to Marconi's, including some of Tesla.
(in Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; Smiljan, Austrian Empire, present-day Croatia, July 10, 1856-New York, January 7, 1943) was an inventor, mechanical, electrical, and physical engineer of Serbian origin. for his numerous inventions in the field of electromagnetism, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and his theoretical work helped forge the foundations of modern systems for the use of electric power by alternating current (AC), including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the alternating current motor, which contributed to the emergence of the Second Industrial Revolution.
In January 1880, two of his uncles raised enough money to send him to Prague, where Tesla intended to study at the university, but unfortunately it was too late to enroll [appointment required]; also did not study Greek or Czech, compulsory subjects. In 1881 he moved to Budapest to work in a telegraph company [appointment required]. In 1882 he entered the Continental Edison Company in France to design and improve electrical equipment [appointment required]. In June 1884, he moved to New York City where he was hired by Thomas A. Edison to work at the Edison Machine Works [appointment required]. In 1885 he argued that he could design Edison's engines and generators by improving their quality and performance. In 1888 his first practical system design for generating and transmitting alternating current for the electrical power system took place [appointment required]. In the spring of 1891, Tesla conducted demonstrations with various machines at the American Institute of Engineers at Columbia University. In this way, he demonstrated that all types of devices could be powered through a single cable without a return conductor.
Tesla, of Serbian ethnicity, was born in the town of Smiljan (currently in Croatia) in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire and later became an American national.
After his demonstration of wireless communication by radio waves in 1894 [citation needed] and after his victory in the war of the currents, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest electrical engineers in the United States of America. [appointment required]. During this period Tesla's fame rivaled that of any inventor or scientist in popular history or culture, but due to his eccentric personality and incredible claims - sometimes totally implausible, and sometimes false - about possible development. of scientific and technological innovations, Tesla ended up ostracized and considered a mad scientist. He never paid more attention to his finances; he is said to have died impoverished at 86.
The unit of measurement for the magnetic field (B) of the International System of Units (also called magnetic flux density or magnetic induction), the tesla (T), was named in his honor at the Paris General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960.
In addition to his work in electromagnetism and electromechanical engineering, Tesla's work later served to a different extent in the development of robotics, remote control, radar, computer science, ballistics, nuclear physics, and theoretical physics. . He carried out studies that would allow radio to be developed, but he never developed this concept because he did not fully understand the physics inherent in this phenomenon. Later, when Guillermo Marconi claimed for the rights to use the radio in the middle of World War II, the United States Supreme Court rejected the claim, including in its decision the restoration of certain patents prior to Marconi's, including some of Tesla.
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