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Today, July 10th Is The Birthday Of: Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) A Serbian

Today is the birthday of Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American inventor born on July 10, 1856 who is best known for his contributions to the design of AC electricity supply systems. He gained experience working for Thomas Edison before striking out on his own to develop electrical devices, including an AC induction motor and transformer licensed by George Westinghouse. Tesla pursued ideas of wireless lighting and power transmission through experiments in New York and Colorado but his most ambitious project, a wireless transmission tower, was never completed. He earned money from his patents but lived modestly in hotels in New York, dying in obscurity in 1943 though today he is recognized for his innovations in electromagnetism and wireless technology.

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Today, July 10th Is The Birthday Of: Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) A Serbian

Today is the birthday of Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American inventor born on July 10, 1856 who is best known for his contributions to the design of AC electricity supply systems. He gained experience working for Thomas Edison before striking out on his own to develop electrical devices, including an AC induction motor and transformer licensed by George Westinghouse. Tesla pursued ideas of wireless lighting and power transmission through experiments in New York and Colorado but his most ambitious project, a wireless transmission tower, was never completed. He earned money from his patents but lived modestly in hotels in New York, dying in obscurity in 1943 though today he is recognized for his innovations in electromagnetism and wireless technology.

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Today, July 10th is the birthday of Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 7 January 1943) 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.
Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United
States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in New York City. He soon struck out on his own with
financial backers, setting up laboratories and companies to develop a range of electrical devices.
His patented AC induction motor and transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse, who
also hired Tesla for a short time as a consultant. His work in the formative years of electric power
development was involved in a corporate alternating current/direct current "War of Currents" as
well as various patent battles.
Tesla went on to pursue his ideas of wireless lighting and electricity distribution in his highvoltage, high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs, and made early
(1893) pronouncements on the possibility of wireless communication with his devices. He tried
to put these ideas to practical use in his ill-fated attempt at intercontinental wireless transmission,
which was his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project. In his lab he also conducted a range of
experiments with mechanical oscillators/generators, electrical discharge tubes, and early X-ray
imaging. He also built a wireless controlled boat, one of the first ever exhibited.
Tesla was renowned for his achievements and showmanship, eventually earning him a reputation
in popular culture as an archetypal "mad scientist". His patents earned him a considerable amount
of money, much of which was used to finance his own projects with varying degrees of success.
He lived most of his life in a series of New York hotels, through his retirement. He died on 7
January 1943. His work fell into relative obscurity after his death, but in 1960 the General
Conference on Weights and Measures named the SI unit of magnetic flux density the tesla in his
honor. Tesla has experienced a resurgence in interest in popular culture since the 1990s.

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