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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Nikola Tesla''' was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, and physicist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.<br />
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== Early Life and Education ==<br />
Tesla was born in 1856 in Smiljan, in the Austrian Empire, to a Serbian family. He studied engineering at the Austrian Polytechnic in Graz and at the University of Prague.<br />
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He worked for the telephone company in Budapest and for the Continental Edison Company in Paris. He emigrated to the United States in 1884.<br />
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He worked briefly for Thomas Edison in New York. The relationship was difficult and the two men became rivals.<br />
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== The Alternating Current System ==<br />
Tesla developed the alternating current induction motor and the polyphase system. The inventions made the long-distance transmission of electricity possible.<br />
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He sold the patents to George Westinghouse, who promoted the alternating current system. The system was adopted for the distribution of electricity throughout the world.<br />
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The rivalry with Edison became known as the war of the currents. The alternating current system prevailed because it was more efficient.<br />
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== The Tesla Coil and the Wireless ==<br />
Tesla invented the Tesla coil, a device for producing high-voltage electricity. The coil is used in radio and in other applications.<br />
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He conducted experiments on wireless transmission and on the possibility of transmitting power without wires. He hoped to develop a worldwide system of wireless communication.<br />
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He built a laboratory at Colorado Springs and conducted experiments with high voltages. He later built a tower at Wardenclyffe on Long Island.<br />
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== The Later Career ==<br />
Tesla's later career was marked by a series of ambitious projects that were not completed. The Wardenclyffe tower was abandoned for lack of funds.<br />
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He worked on the development of radio, of radar, and of other technologies. He held more than three hundred patents.<br />
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He became increasingly eccentric and lived in poverty in a series of hotels. He died in 1943 in New York.<br />
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== The Artificial Intelligence and the Criticism ==<br />
Tesla was interested in the possibility of the transmission of images and of the recording of thought. He made predictions about the future of technology.<br />
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He was a critic of the Edison company and of the business practices of his rivals. He was also a critic of the war and of the exploitation of labour.<br />
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He was concerned about the ethical implications of technology. He argued for the peaceful use of science.<br />
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== The Legacy ==<br />
Tesla is regarded as one of the greatest inventors in the history of electrical engineering. The unit of magnetic flux density, the tesla, is named in his honour.<br />
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The company Tesla Motors is named after him. The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade preserves his papers and his equipment.<br />
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He is remembered for his imagination and for his contributions to the electrical age. His work continues to be studied and to be celebrated.<br />
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== The Induction Motor ==<br />
Tesla invented the alternating current induction motor. The machine does not require a commutator and is more reliable than the direct current motor.<br />
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The invention made the long-distance transmission of electricity possible. It was licensed by the Westinghouse company.<br />
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The system was adopted for the distribution of electricity throughout the world. It is the basis of the modern power grid.<br />
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== The Tesla Coil ==<br />
Tesla invented the Tesla coil in 1891. The device produces high-voltage electricity and is used in radio and in other applications.<br />
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The coil is used in research and in education. It is also used in television and in other devices.<br />
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The invention is one of his most important contributions. It is named in his honour.<br />
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== The Wireless Experiments ==<br />
Tesla experimented with the wireless transmission of energy. He built a laboratory at Colorado Springs and later a tower at Wardenclyffe.<br />
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He hoped to develop a worldwide system of wireless communication and of power. The project was abandoned for lack of funds.<br />
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His work anticipated the development of radio and of wireless technology. The tower at Wardenclyffe has been preserved.<br />
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== The Early Life ==<br />
Tesla was born in 1856 in the village of Smiljan in the Austrian Empire. His father was a priest and his mother was an inventor of household devices.<br />
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He studied at the polytechnic in Graz and at the university in Prague. He worked for the telephone company in Budapest and for the Continental Edison Company in Paris.<br />
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He emigrated to the United States in 1884. He worked for Edison and then established his own laboratory.<br />
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== The Later Years ==<br />
Tesla received many honours in his lifetime. The unit of magnetic flux density is named the tesla in his honour.<br />
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He lived alone in a hotel in New York in his last years. He died in 1943 in poverty.<br />
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His papers and his inventions remain a subject of study. He is regarded as one of the greatest inventors of the modern age.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* Alternating current<br />
* Tesla coil<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="r1">Carlson, W. Bernard. Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.</ref><br />
<ref name="r2">Tesla, Nikola. My Inventions. New York: Experimenter Publishing, 1919.</ref><br />
<ref name="r3">Seifer, Marc. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla. New York: Citadel Press, 1996.</ref><br />
<ref name="r4">Cheney, Margaret. Tesla: Man Out of Time. New York: Prentice Hall, 1981.</ref><br />
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