Bio:-
- Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
- Emigrated to U.S.A to work for Thomas Edison
- His patented AC induction motor and transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse, who also hired Tesla as a consultant to help develop a power system using alternating current.
- Tesla is also known for his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs which included patented devices and theoretical work used in the invention of radio communication, for his X-ray experiments, and for his ill-fated attempt at intercontinental wireless transmission in his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project.
- Claimed to conceive the "Teleforce" which was basically a death ray.
- Tesla gained a reputation in popular culture as the archetypal "mad scientist".
- The SI unit of measure for magnetic field strength is named 'tesla' in honor of him.
- Created the Tesla Coil, Induction Motor, Radio Remote Control Vehicle and the Rotating Magnetic Field.
Birth:-
Death:-
- 7 January 1943 (aged 86)
- New York City, New York, USA
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