ikola
Tesla (1856-1943) an erudite, inventor, scientist, philosopher, visionary,
poet, whose invention of alternating current contributed immensely to
the industrial revolution and human development - with consequences
which are as important for humankind as the invention of a wheel. Tesla's
inventions are a telephone repeater, rotating magnetic field principle,
polyphase alternating-current (AC) system, induction motor, alternating-current
power transmission, Tesla coil transformer, wireless communication,
radio fluorescent lights and more then 700 registered patents and unknown
number of the unregistered ones. His most famous invention is his system
of alternating current (AC) power generation and transmission that is
used universally today. As well, Tesla introduced us to the fundamentals
of robotry and computer,missile science, which continue to create and
transform the future. He was perhaps the greatest inventor the world
has ever had.
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was born in 1856 in the village of Smiljane, in the province of Lika,
Croatia, at that time it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father
was a Serbian Orthodox priest. Tesla completed elementary school in
Croatia, the Polytechnic School in Graz and he studied at the University
in Prague. He was broadly educated and inspired by European romantic
and idealistic ideas, literature and philosophy of the time. He spoke
eight languages fluently. He knew many tomes of poetry by heart, like
Goethe's Faustus. He worked as an electric engineer in Germany, Hungary
and France. He emigrated to the United States in 1884, carrying only
a book of poems and blueprint of his invention of AC system. He became
United States citizen in 1891. When he arrived in New York, he found
employment with Thomas Edison company. Due to both, their different
personalities and Edison's not being interested in pursuing with development
of the Tesla's AC, quickly lead Tesla's leaving the firm. After George
Westinghouse bought patent rights to Tesla's AS system with intention
to implement it,Edison started propaganda against Tesla and Westinghouse,
what is known as "war of currencies". The advantages and superiority
of the AC over Edison's system of direct-current(DC) was apparent when
Westinghouse used Tesla's AC to light the World's Columbine Exposition
in Chicago in 1893, and consequently got the project to built hydropower
station on the Niagara Falls in 1897. During 1890s Tesla was at the
peak of his creative power, great socialite and celebrity in New York
circle of the greatest intellectuals and industrialists. At that time
he developed induction motor, new types of generators and transformers,
a system of alternating-current power transmission, fluorescent light,
and a new type of steam turbine, and he became intrigued with wireless
transmission of power in his Colorado Springs' experimental station.
There Tesla made what he regarded as his most important discovery -
terrestrial stationary waves. By this he proved that the Earth could
be used as a conductor. In Colorado Springs, he also lighted 200 lamps
without wires from a distance of 40 kilometers and created man-made
lightning, producing flashes measuring 41 meters. In 1900 Tesla began
construction of a wireless broadcasting tower - Wardenclyffe, on Long
Island,that was financed by J.P. Morgan. However, when Morgan stopped
his financial support, the project was abandoned and never completed.
After that, Tesla's interest was shifted to turbines, robots, space
technology.
esla's
life was prolific with achievements far advanced for his time and therefore
often misunderstood. His visionary ideas seemed controversial and far
ahead of his time. Today Tesla's notebooks and papers are still studied
and researched by engineers in search of un-exploited ideas. When Tesla
died on 7 January 1943, hundreds of people mourned loss of a great genius
at the his funeral service in Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New
York. Three Nobel prize recipients addressed their tribute to "one of
the outstanding intellects of the world who paved the way for many of
the technological developments of modern times".
ikola
Tesla (1856-1943) an erudite, inventor, scientist, philosopher, visionary,
poet, whose invention of alternating current contributed immensely to
the industrial revolution and human development - with consequences
which are as important for humankind as the invention of a wheel. Tesla's
inventions are a telephone repeater, rotating magnetic field principle,
polyphase alternating-current (AC) system, induction motor, alternating-current
power transmission, Tesla coil transformer, wireless communication,
radio fluorescent lights and more then 700 registered patents and unknown
number of the unregistered ones. His most famous invention is his system
of alternating current (AC) power generation and transmission that is
used universally today. As well, Tesla introduced us to the fundamentals
of robotry and computer,missile science, which continue to create and
transform the future. He was perhaps the greatest inventor the world
has ever had.
e
was born in 1856 in the village of Smiljane, in the province of Lika,
Croatia, at that time it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father
was a Serbian Orthodox priest. Tesla completed elementary school in
Croatia, the Polytechnic School in Graz and he studied at the University
in Prague. He was broadly educated and inspired by European romantic
and idealistic ideas, literature and philosophy of the time. He spoke
eight languages fluently. He knew many tomes of poetry by heart, like
Goethe's Faustus. He worked as an electric engineer in Germany, Hungary
and France. He emigrated to the United States in 1884, carrying only
a book of poems and blueprint of his invention of AC system. He became
United States citizen in 1891. When he arrived in New York, he found
employment with Thomas Edison company. Due to both, their different
personalities and Edison's not being interested in pursuing with development
of the Tesla's AC, quickly lead Tesla's leaving the firm. After George
Westinghouse bought patent rights to Tesla's AS system with intention
to implement it,Edison started propaganda against Tesla and Westinghouse,
what is known as "war of currencies". The advantages and superiority
of the AC over Edison's system of direct-current(DC) was apparent when
Westinghouse used Tesla's AC to light the World's Columbine Exposition
in Chicago in 1893, and consequently got the project to built hydropower
station on the Niagara Falls in 1897. During 1890s Tesla was at the
peak of his creative power, great socialite and celebrity in New York
circle of the greatest intellectuals and industrialists. At that time
he developed induction motor, new types of generators and transformers,
a system of alternating-current power transmission, fluorescent light,
and a new type of steam turbine, and he became intrigued with wireless
transmission of power in his Colorado Springs' experimental station.
There Tesla made what he regarded as his most important discovery -
terrestrial stationary waves. By this he proved that the Earth could
be used as a conductor. In Colorado Springs, he also lighted 200 lamps
without wires from a distance of 40 kilometers and created man-made
lightning, producing flashes measuring 41 meters. In 1900 Tesla began
construction of a wireless broadcasting tower - Wardenclyffe, on Long
Island,that was financed by J.P. Morgan. However, when Morgan stopped
his financial support, the project was abandoned and never completed.
After that, Tesla's interest was shifted to turbines, robots, space
technology.
esla's
life was prolific with achievements far advanced for his time and therefore
often misunderstood. His visionary ideas seemed controversial and far
ahead of his time. Today Tesla's notebooks and papers are still studied
and researched by engineers in search of un-exploited ideas. When Tesla
died on 7 January 1943, hundreds of people mourned loss of a great genius
at the his funeral service in Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New
York. Three Nobel prize recipients addressed their tribute to "one of
the outstanding intellects of the world who paved the way for many of
the technological developments of modern times".