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Nikola Tesla: Early Life and Education

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer and inventor born in 1856 who made extraordinary contributions in electricity, electromagnetism, and wireless communications. He developed an alternating current (AC) electrical system which proved more efficient than Thomas Edison's direct current system, and helped establish AC as the standard for power distribution worldwide. Some of Tesla's most important accomplishments included developing AC motor and generators, designing the first hydroelectric power plant, and demonstrating wireless energy transfer and fluorescent lighting. He died in New York City in 1943 at the age of 86.

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Nikola Tesla: Early Life and Education

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer and inventor born in 1856 who made extraordinary contributions in electricity, electromagnetism, and wireless communications. He developed an alternating current (AC) electrical system which proved more efficient than Thomas Edison's direct current system, and helped establish AC as the standard for power distribution worldwide. Some of Tesla's most important accomplishments included developing AC motor and generators, designing the first hydroelectric power plant, and demonstrating wireless energy transfer and fluorescent lighting. He died in New York City in 1943 at the age of 86.

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NIKOLA TESLA

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer and inventor who is highly regarded
in energy history for his development of alternating current (AC) electrical systems.
He also made extraordinary contributions in the fields of electromagnetism and
wireless radio communications.

Early Life and Education:


Nikola Tesla was born in the Croatian town of Smiljan (Austrian Empire) on 10 July
in 1856 to a priest father. He studied electrical engineering at the Austrian
Polytechnic in Graz and later attended the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague.
Unfortunately his father died early, and he had to leave the university after
completing only one term.

Tesla accepted a job under Tivadar Puskás in a Budapest telegraph company in


1880. He was later promoted to chief electrician and later engineer for the company.
He later moved to Paris to work for the Continental Edison Company as an engineer.

Contributions and Achievements:


After moving to New York, United States, Tesla worked for Thomas Alva Edison, but
the two did not get along well. He started working with George Westinghouse in
1885. There, he devised an electrical distribution system that employed alternating
current (AC).

Tesla made public the first successful wireless energy transfer to power electronic
devices in 1891.

Probably Tesla’s most important contribution to energy history is the use of


alternating current (AC). The Westinghouse Electric Company was the first to
implement this technology by lighting the World Colombian Exposition in Chicago in
1893. It proved to be a more efficient and effective method compared to the direct
current (DC) system of Edison, to transport electricity in a grid. The technology
quickly became the basis for most modern electricity distribution systems. Besides
the AC system, Tesla helped in the development of generators and turbine design.
The earliest demonstration of fluorescent lighting was also his accomplishment.

Later Life and Death:


Nikola Tesla continued his research work on electricity generation and turbine design
in his later life. Even at 81, he claimed to have completed a “dynamic theory of
gravity” – something which was never published. He died in New York City of a heart
thrombus on 7 January 1943. He was 86 years old.

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