Tesla Biography
To contrary belief Thomas Edison did not create the modern day electrical system, it was Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla, a Croatian-American engineer and inventor had over 700 U.S. patents at the time of his death. (Tesla Biography) Many of Tesla’s contributions lead to the overall development of electric power transmission. He invented a transformer that would convert low frequency currents to high frequency currents making it easier to power homes. This invention was known as the Tesla Coil. Tesla also outlined the principles for the radio communication system in the early 1890’s. If this man did not invent the alternate electrical system, the world would still be using Thomas Edison’s weaker direct current system.
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th, 1856 in the small mountainous village of Smiljan Lika Croatia. (Burgan 96) Tesla was born to the parents of Djouka Mandic Tesla and Milutin Tesla. Milutin was the town clergy and priest. His mother was an inventor. She worked at the house and on the farm. She created numerous inventions to be used around the farm and house. Nikola had four siblings Dane, Angelina, Milka, and Marica.
Nikola Tesla, unlike some famous scientists, attended school. Tesla studied at the Realschule, Karlstadt in 1873, a Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria. Two years later he went to College. He intended to study mathematics and physics, bet he very quickly became fascinated with electricity. Tesla soon found a job working as an electrical engineer for a phone company in Budapest in 1881. This is believed to have sparked Tesla’s interest in radio technology.
In 1882, he moved to Paris, France, to work as an engineer for the Continental Edison Company. Tesla worked on many of Thomas Edison’s inventions improving them. It was in Paris when he came up with the idea for the solution for the rotating magnet in his induction motor. He was walking in a park with one of his good friends and stopped him to draw it in the sand. If Tesla had not of done this immediately, he was afraid he was going to forget his almighty solution. His induction motor powered almost all of his inventions.
Nikola Tesla’s advisor gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. They wanted to send him over to America to actually work with Thomas Edison. Tesla took the opportunity. He came ashore in June of 1884 with only 4 cents to his name. One of his first assignments was to completely redesign the company’s direct current generators. Thomas Edison was supposed to pay Tesla $50,000 but it was just a “joke”. Because of this Tesla resigned and two years later he founded his own company. (Fascinating facts about Nikola Tesla)
Tesla called his company Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Company. Unfortunately for Tesla, all of the investors disagreed with his alternating current system and fired him from his own company. After he was fired from his company you can say that his career only became greater. In 1887 he demonstrated his alternating current to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He was soon able to have his AC system create one million volts. In 1888, Tesla worked with George Westinghouse who was a major backer for Tesla. Together they manufactured his Tesla Coil. The pair also began to work on a radio system. Tesla’s first major demonstration of his alternating current was at the 1893 Worlds Fair. He illuminated the entire building with his Alternating Current system.
In 1897 Tesla applied for his first radio patent. (Fascinating Facts about Nikola Tesla) One year later he demonstrated a radio controlled boat in front of the U.S. military. They thought it was amazing but felt they didn’t have a use for it. In 1904 Tesla was having patent issue regarding his radio. The patent office redevised Tesla patent and awarding it to Guglielmo Marconi. In January 1943, Nikola Tesla died of heart failure at the age of 86 in a New York City hotel. Shortly after Tesla’s death he was re-awarded his radio communication patent.
Nikola Tesla invented the Alternating Current, which we use in modern day electricity. He invented the AC system in 1891. Edison and Tesla had very strong feelings towards each other because of their different electrical systems. Thomas Edison’s direct current was much weaker then Tesla’s alternating current. With Tesla’s system you only needed power stations every 50 miles whereas with Edison’s system needed them every two miles. In the long run Tesla’s system came out on top.
Whenever Tesla would fail, which was not often, he would always go back to electricity and his successful inventions. Tesla always dreamed about seeing an electorally lit world. In 1908 he began to design an oscillator that could generate ½ million volts. When he would test his machine in New York City he was afraid that it would cause blackout, which it did. Soon after his invention of the oscillator, he moved Colorado Springs to harness the energy of the Niagara Falls. This has always been his life long dream to harness the great power of Niagara Falls. (T.K. Derry 119)
One of the lesser-known facts about Nikola Tesla was that he created the first Radio Transmitter in 1896. This was the first major step to having radio communication and televisions. Tesla transmitted the first radio wave from his laboratory on South 5th Ave. twenty-two blocks away to 27th Street in Manhattan. Even though the military did not enjoy the idea of a radio-controlled boat, they did in fact enjoy the thought of a radio communication system.
Tesla had many patent issues with his radio. Guglielmo Marconi was also working on a radio communication system at the same time Tesla was. Marconi won a Nobel Peace Prize for his Radio communication system. This deeply angered Tesla but he stayed contempt. Shortly after Tesla’s death Marconi was stripped of his prize because he was in breach of Tesla’s patents. Tesla built Wardenclyffe Tower on Long Island as his main base for his radio transmitter. The tower had four tuned circuits for transmitting and receiving. This concept was originally thought up when he gave his famous speech in the Franklin Institute in 1893.
Nikola Tesla is most famous for his alternating current system. Hands down this has to be his most important invention. He is also important for his invention of the radio communication system. He is truly a brilliant an. He helped create the path for many technological advances in society. If Tesla did not leave Edison we would probably be still using his weaker direct current. He is the true underdog of the scientific community. Tesla was the kick-started for most of today’s technology.
To contrary belief Thomas Edison did not create the modern day electrical system, it was Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla, a Croatian-American engineer and inventor had over 700 U.S. patents at the time of his death. (Tesla Biography) Many of Tesla’s contributions lead to the overall development of electric power transmission. He invented a transformer that would convert low frequency currents to high frequency currents making it easier to power homes. This invention was known as the Tesla Coil. Tesla also outlined the principles for the radio communication system in the early 1890’s. If this man did not invent the alternate electrical system, the world would still be using Thomas Edison’s weaker direct current system.
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th, 1856 in the small mountainous village of Smiljan Lika Croatia. (Burgan 96) Tesla was born to the parents of Djouka Mandic Tesla and Milutin Tesla. Milutin was the town clergy and priest. His mother was an inventor. She worked at the house and on the farm. She created numerous inventions to be used around the farm and house. Nikola had four siblings Dane, Angelina, Milka, and Marica.
Nikola Tesla, unlike some famous scientists, attended school. Tesla studied at the Realschule, Karlstadt in 1873, a Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria. Two years later he went to College. He intended to study mathematics and physics, bet he very quickly became fascinated with electricity. Tesla soon found a job working as an electrical engineer for a phone company in Budapest in 1881. This is believed to have sparked Tesla’s interest in radio technology.
In 1882, he moved to Paris, France, to work as an engineer for the Continental Edison Company. Tesla worked on many of Thomas Edison’s inventions improving them. It was in Paris when he came up with the idea for the solution for the rotating magnet in his induction motor. He was walking in a park with one of his good friends and stopped him to draw it in the sand. If Tesla had not of done this immediately, he was afraid he was going to forget his almighty solution. His induction motor powered almost all of his inventions.
Nikola Tesla’s advisor gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. They wanted to send him over to America to actually work with Thomas Edison. Tesla took the opportunity. He came ashore in June of 1884 with only 4 cents to his name. One of his first assignments was to completely redesign the company’s direct current generators. Thomas Edison was supposed to pay Tesla $50,000 but it was just a “joke”. Because of this Tesla resigned and two years later he founded his own company. (Fascinating facts about Nikola Tesla)
Tesla called his company Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Company. Unfortunately for Tesla, all of the investors disagreed with his alternating current system and fired him from his own company. After he was fired from his company you can say that his career only became greater. In 1887 he demonstrated his alternating current to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He was soon able to have his AC system create one million volts. In 1888, Tesla worked with George Westinghouse who was a major backer for Tesla. Together they manufactured his Tesla Coil. The pair also began to work on a radio system. Tesla’s first major demonstration of his alternating current was at the 1893 Worlds Fair. He illuminated the entire building with his Alternating Current system.
In 1897 Tesla applied for his first radio patent. (Fascinating Facts about Nikola Tesla) One year later he demonstrated a radio controlled boat in front of the U.S. military. They thought it was amazing but felt they didn’t have a use for it. In 1904 Tesla was having patent issue regarding his radio. The patent office redevised Tesla patent and awarding it to Guglielmo Marconi. In January 1943, Nikola Tesla died of heart failure at the age of 86 in a New York City hotel. Shortly after Tesla’s death he was re-awarded his radio communication patent.
Nikola Tesla invented the Alternating Current, which we use in modern day electricity. He invented the AC system in 1891. Edison and Tesla had very strong feelings towards each other because of their different electrical systems. Thomas Edison’s direct current was much weaker then Tesla’s alternating current. With Tesla’s system you only needed power stations every 50 miles whereas with Edison’s system needed them every two miles. In the long run Tesla’s system came out on top.
Whenever Tesla would fail, which was not often, he would always go back to electricity and his successful inventions. Tesla always dreamed about seeing an electorally lit world. In 1908 he began to design an oscillator that could generate ½ million volts. When he would test his machine in New York City he was afraid that it would cause blackout, which it did. Soon after his invention of the oscillator, he moved Colorado Springs to harness the energy of the Niagara Falls. This has always been his life long dream to harness the great power of Niagara Falls. (T.K. Derry 119)
One of the lesser-known facts about Nikola Tesla was that he created the first Radio Transmitter in 1896. This was the first major step to having radio communication and televisions. Tesla transmitted the first radio wave from his laboratory on South 5th Ave. twenty-two blocks away to 27th Street in Manhattan. Even though the military did not enjoy the idea of a radio-controlled boat, they did in fact enjoy the thought of a radio communication system.
Tesla had many patent issues with his radio. Guglielmo Marconi was also working on a radio communication system at the same time Tesla was. Marconi won a Nobel Peace Prize for his Radio communication system. This deeply angered Tesla but he stayed contempt. Shortly after Tesla’s death Marconi was stripped of his prize because he was in breach of Tesla’s patents. Tesla built Wardenclyffe Tower on Long Island as his main base for his radio transmitter. The tower had four tuned circuits for transmitting and receiving. This concept was originally thought up when he gave his famous speech in the Franklin Institute in 1893.
Nikola Tesla is most famous for his alternating current system. Hands down this has to be his most important invention. He is also important for his invention of the radio communication system. He is truly a brilliant an. He helped create the path for many technological advances in society. If Tesla did not leave Edison we would probably be still using his weaker direct current. He is the true underdog of the scientific community. Tesla was the kick-started for most of today’s technology.
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