Nikola Tesla

Tesla worked for Thomas Alva Edison for 1 year. At that time, the most important "inventor" in the world was named Thomas Alva Edison-the so-called wizard of Menlo Park.... Edison was credited with the invention of the DC dynamo and the electric light bulb . . . but the only thing he really invented was the ELECTRIC CHAIR!! Tesla was the real inventor and genius.

Nikola Tesla invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible and made AC power transmission an economic necessity.

In 1887 and 1888 Tesla had an experimental shop at 89 Liberty Street, New York, and there he invented the induction motor. He sold the invention to Westinghouse in July 1888 and spent a year in Pittsburgh instructing Westinghouse engineers.

Tesla's work on particle beam weapons can be traced all the way back to 1893 with his invention of a button lamp.

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Mar. 30, 1886 Thermo-Magnetic Motor #396,121 5

Jan. 14, 1886 Dynamo-Electric Machine #359,748 9

May 26, 1887 Pyromagneto-Electric Generator #428,057 14

Oct. 12, 1887 Electro-Magnetic Motor #381,968 17

Oct. 12, 1887 Electrical Transmission of Power #382,280 26

Nov. 30, 1887 Electro-Magnetic Motor #381,969 35

Nov. 30, 1887 Electro-Magnetic Motor #382,279 39

Nov. 30, 1887 Electrical Transmission of Power #382,281 44

Apr. 23, 1888 Dynamo-Electric Machine #390,414 48

Apr. 28, 1888 Dynamo-Electric Machine #390,721 52

May 15, 1888 Dynamo-Electric Machine or Motor #390,415 56

May 15, 1888 System of Electrical Transmission of Power #487,796 58

May 15, 1888 Electrical Transmission of Power #511,915 64

May 15, 1888 Alternating Motor #555,190 67

Oct. 20, 1888 Electromagnetic Motor #524,426 71

Dec. 8, 1888 Electrical Transmission of Power #511,559 74

Dec. 8, 1888 System of Electrical Power Transmission #511,560 77

Jan. 8, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #405,858 84

Feb. 18, 1889 Method of Operating Electro-Magnetic Motors #401,520 87

Mar. 14, 1889 Method of Electrical Power Transmission #405,859 91

Mar. 23, 1889 Dynamo-Electric Machine #406,968 94

Apr. 6, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #459,772 97

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #416,191 102

May 20, 1889 Method of Operating Electro-Magnetic Motors #416,192 106

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #416,193 110

May 20, 1889 Electric Motor #416,194 113

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #416,195 116

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #418,248 122

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #424,036 125

May 20, 1889 Electro-Magnetic Motor #445,207 129

Mar. 26, 1890 Alternating-Current Electro-Magnetic Motor #433,700 132

Mar. 26, 1890 Alternating-Current Motor #433,701 135

Apr. 4, 1890 Electro-Magnetic Motor #433,703 138

Jan. 27, 1891 Electro-Magnetic Motor #455,067 141

July 13, 1891 Electro-Magnetic Motor #464,666 145

Aug. 19, 1893 Electric Generator #511,916 148

TRANSFORMERS, CONVERTERS, COMPONENTS

Preface to Patented Electrical Components 157

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

May 6, 1885 Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines #334,823 159

May 18, 1885 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines #336,961 161

June 1, 1885 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines #336,962 165

Jan. 14, 1886 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines #350,954 169

Apr. 30, 1887 Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines #382,845 172

Dec. 23, 1887 System of Electrical Distribution #381,970 177

Dec. 23, 1887 Method of Converting and Distributing

Electric Currents #382,282 182

Apr. 10, 1888 System of Electrical Distribution #390,413 187

Apr. 24, 1888 Regulator for Alternate-Current Motors #390,820 192

June 12, 1889 Method of Obtaining Direct from

Alternating Currents #413,353 197

June 28, 1889 Armature for Electric Machines

(Tesla-Schmid, co-inventors) #417,794 204

Mar. 26, 1890 Electrical Transformer or Induction Device #433,702 208

Aug. 1, 1891 Electrical Condenser #464,667 211

Jan. 2, 1892 Electrical Conductor #514,167 213

July 7, 1893 Coil for Electro-Magnets #512,340 216

June 17, 1896 Electrical Condenser #567,818 219

Nov. 5, 1896 Man. of Electrical Condensers, Coils, &c. #577,671 222

Mar. 20, 1897 Electrical Transformer #593,138 225

HIGH FREQUENCY

Preface to Patents in High Frequency 231

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

Nov. 15, 1890 Alternating-Electric-Current Generator #447,921 233

Feb. 4, 1891 Method of and Apparatus for Electrical

Conversion and Distribution #462,418 238

Aug. 2, 1893 Means for Generating Electric Currents #514,168 242

Apr. 22, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents

of High Frequency and Potential #568,176 245

June 20, 1896 Method of Regulating Apparatus for

Producing Currents of High Frequency #568,178 249

July 6, 1896 Method of and Apparatus for Producing

Currents of High Frequency #568,179 254

July 9, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Electrical

Currents High Frequency #568,180 258

Sept. 3, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Electric

Currents of High Frequency #577,670 262

Oct. 19, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Currents of High

Frequency #583,953 266

June 3, 1897 Electric-Circuit Controller #609,251 269

Dec. 2, 1897 Electrical-Circuit Controller #609,245 275

Dec. 10, 1897 Electrical-Circuit Controller #611,719 280

Feb. 28, 1898 Electric-Circuit Controller #609,246 285

Mar. 12, 1898 Electric-Circuit Controller #609,247 289

Mar. 12, 1898 Electric-Circuit Controller #609,248 292

Mar. 12, 1898 Electric-Circuit Controller #609,249 295

Apr. 19, 1898 Electric-Circuit Controller #613,735 298

RADIO

Preface to The Radio Patents 305

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

Sept. 2, 1897 System of Transmission of Electrical

Energy #645,576 307

Sept. 2, 1897 Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical

Energy #649,621 314

July 1, 1898 Method of and Apparatus for Controlling

Mechanism of Moving Vessels or Vehicles #613,809 318

June 24, 1899 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted

from a Distance to a Receiving Device

Through Natural Media #685,955 331

June 24, 1899 Method of Intensifying and Utilizing

Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media #685,953 338

Aug. 1, 1899 Method of Utilizing Effects Transmitted

Through Natural Media #685,954 344

Aug. 1, 1899 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects

Transmitted Through Natural Media #685,956 353

May 16, 1900 Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy

Through the Natural Mediums #787,412 361

July 16, 1900 Method of Signaling #723,188 367

July 16, 1900 System of Signaling #725,605 372

Jan. 18, 1902 Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical

Energy #1,119,732 378

LIGHTING

Preface to The Lighting Patents 385

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

Mar. 30, 1885 Electric-Arc Lamp #335,786 387

July 13, 1886 Electric-Arc Lamp #335,787 392

Oct. 1, 1890 Method of Operating Arc Lamps #447,920 397

Apr. 25, 1891 System of Electric Lighting #454,622 400

May 14, 1891 Electric Incandescent Lamp #455,069 405

Jan. 2, 1892 Incandescent Electric Light #514,170 408

MEASUREMENTS & METERS

Preface to Patents for Measurement 6, Meters 413

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

Mar. 27, 1891 Electrical Meter #455,068 415

Dec. 15, 1893 Electrical Meter #514,973 418

May 29, 1914 Speed-Indicator #1,209,359 421

Dec. 18, 1916 Speed-Indicator #1,274,816 429

Dec. 18, 1916 Ship's Log #1,314,718 434

Dec. 18, 1916 Flow-Meter #1,365,547 437

Dec. 18, 1916 Frequency Meter #1,402,025 440

ENGINES & PROPULSION

Preface to Patents for Engines & Propulsion 447

THE PATENTS:

(filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

Jan. 2, 1892 Electric-Railway System #514,972 449

Aug. 19, 1893 Reciprocating Engine #514,169 452

Dec. 29, 1893 Steam-Engine #517,900 456

Oct. 21, 1909 Fluid Propulsion #1,061,142 461

Oct. 21, 1909 Turbine #1,061,206 465

Sept. 9, 1921 Method of Aerial Transportation #1,655,113 470

Oct. 4, 1927 Apparatus for Aerial Transportation #1,655,114 476

VARIOUS DEVICES & PROCESSES

Preface to Various Devices & Processes 487

THE PATENTS:

(Filing date) (description) (pat. no.)

June 17, 1896 Apparatus for Producing Ozone #568,177 489

Feb. 17, 1897 Electrical Igniter for Gas-Engines #609,250 493

Mar. 21, 1900 Means for Increasing the Intensity of

Electrical Oscillations #685,012 496

June 15, 1900 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors #655,838 500

Sept.21, 1900 Method of Insulating Electric Conductors

(reissue of #655,838) #11,865 506

Mar. 21, 1901 Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant

Energy #685,957 512

Mar. 21, 1901 Method of Utilizing Radiant Energy #685,958 517

Oct. 28, 1913 Fountain #1,113,716 521

Feb. 21, 1916 Vaivular Conduit #1,329,559 525

May 6, 1916 Lightning-Protector #1,266,175 531

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Tesla invented the alternating-current generator that provides your light and electricity, the transformer through which it is sent, and even the high voltage coil of your picture tube. The Tesla Coil, in fact, is used in radios, television sets, and a wide range of other electronic equipment - invented in 1891, no-one's ever come up with anything better.

Nikola Tesla had two siblings: a brother named Dane and a sister named Angelina. Tesla was the youngest of the three children in the family.

Despite the fact that Tesla worked closely with Westinghouse, he still retained his own laboratory, and was very happy when he was working there. He continued to make new discoveries, one of which was a lamp that fluoresced, and was actually a forerunner of today's fluorescent tubes. These hit the market some fifty years after Tesla's prototypes! He also investigated many other phenomena including X-rays and a vacuum tube or valve very similar to the Audion or triode valve pioneered by de Forest in 1907.

Edison and Tesla came to technological blows in the late 1800s when Tesla's AC (alternating current) power systems that are used all over the world today came into competition with Edison's DC (direct current) power systems. As it turns out, Tesla's system was the better one.

In 1882, Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla identified the rotating magnetic induction field principle used in alternators and pioneered the use of this rotating and inducting electromagnetic field force to generate torque in rotating machines. An AC motor is an electric motor that is driven by an alternating current. It consists of two basic parts, an outside stationary stator having coils supplied with alternating current to produce a rotating magnetic field, and an inside rotor attached to the output shaft that is given a torque by the rotating field.

Eventually, Tesla was awarded the Edison Medal, which was an insult to Tesla, given the verbal abuse that he had taken from Edison. Tesla died penniless at age 86 on January 7, 1943. In his lifetime, he received over 800 different patents. Scientists continue to scour through his notes.

For the AD current he invented. But Despite the fact that Tesla worked closely with Westinghouse, he still retained his own laboratory, and was very happy when he was working there. He continued to make new discoveries, one of which was a lamp that fluoresced, and was actually a forerunner of today's fluorescent tubes. These hit the market some fifty years after Tesla's prototypes! He also investigated many other phenomena including X-rays and a vacuum tube or valve very similar to the Audion or triode valve pioneered by de Forest in 1907.

There is no evidence that Nikola Tesla played a musical instrument. He was primarily focused on his scientific work and inventions, such as alternating current electrical systems. Tesla did have a love for music and often attended performances or listened to music to relax.

Tesla's electro-mechanical oscillator is a mechanical oscillator conceived of and invented by Nikola Tesla in 1898. Tesla's oscillator or "Earthquake machine" is a mechanical oscillator that was invented by Nikola Tesla in the year of 1898. the original oscillator that Tesla designed and tested was small , almost seven inches long , and it weighed about one or two pounds. This small device was designed to be powered by steam pressure, only five pounds of air pressure against a special pneumatic piston device was used to operate it. The concept of Tesla oscillator is purely mechanical.

In 1898 Tesla had a lab on Huston Street in New York. It was claimed that while Tesla was experimenting his mechanical oscillator he generated a resonance of several buildings near his house causing complaints to the police, as the oscillator speed increased he hit the resonance frequency of his own house. belatedly Tesla realized that he was in danger and has was forced to use a sledge hammer to breakdown the oscillator and stop the experiment , just as the shocked police arrived .

Tesla invented the alternating-current generator that provides your light and electricity, the transformer through which it is sent, and even the high voltage coil of your picture tube. The Tesla Coil, in fact, is used in radios, television sets, and a wide range of other electronic equipment - invented in 1891, no-one's ever come up with anything better.

Nikola Tesla struggled with mental health issues later in life, including possible symptoms of mental illness such as paranoia. He remained committed to his work and inventions but faced financial difficulties and personal challenges. Tesla died in 1943 while living alone in a hotel room in New York City.

There is no concrete evidence to suggest that Nikola Tesla was directly involved in the Philadelphia Experiment. While some conspiracy theories have linked him to the project, there is no reliable historical documentation to support this claim. Tesla was known for his work in electricity and wireless communication, but there is no verifiable connection to the Philadelphia Experiment.

A particle beam weapon uses an ultra high energy beam of atoms or electrons to damage a material target by hitting it, and thus disrupting its atomic and molecular structure.

particle beam weapons are still in the early stages of development. Nikola Tesla published the first technical description of a charged particle beam in 1937 in an attempt to provide a superweapon that would put an end to all war, but he was never able to act on his plans. The main impetus for its development in recent years was the "Star Wars" defense program of the 1980s, which has since passed away, so the future of the device is somewhat in question. That's not to say that particle beams aren't in use - particle accelerators and prototype magnetic confinement fusion reactors use them all the time. There just aren't many military applications for them at the moment (outside of science fiction and computer games, that is.) Still, a certain amount of research into weaponized particle beams has been conducted, and may continue for some time.

Particle beam weapons work by accelerating a stream of atoms or subatomic particles to near-relativistic velocities and projecting them in a beam. Both electrons and protons can be used to form this beam, and would be the choice for a weapon to be used within an atmosphere. Hydrogen atoms are the preferred choice for an extra-atmospheric weapon - they have a neutral charge, and thus the beam wouldn't be deflected by the earth's magnetic field, or scattered by the mutual repulsion exhibited by charged particles. Any type of particle beam would transfer a large amount of energy from the beam to any object struck by it, resulting in damage from the swift temperature increase and possibly an explosion. Think of the effects of a lightning bolt - which is essentially a charged particle beam - and you'll get some idea of how destructive such a weapon could be.

He constructed a simple device consisting of a piston suspended in a cylinder, which bypassed the necessity of a camshaft driven by a rotating power source, such as a gasoline or steam engine. In this way, he hoped to overcome loss of power through friction produced by the old system. This small device also enabled Tesla to try out his experiments in resonance. Every substance has a resonant frequency which is demonstrated by the principle of sympathetic vibration&endash;the most obvious example is the wine glass shattered by an opera singer (or a tape recording for you couch potatoes.) If this frequency is matched and amplified, any material may be literally shaken to pieces.

A vibrating assembly with an adjustable frequency was finally perfected, and by 1897, Tesla was causing trouble with it in and near the neighborhood around his loft laboratory. Reporter A.L. Besnson wrote about this device in late 1911 or early 1912 for the Hearst tabloid The World Today. After fastening the resonator ("no larger than an alarm clock") to a steel bar (or "link") two feet long and two inches thick:

He set the vibrator in "tune" with the link. For a long time nothing happened-&endash;vibrations of machine and link did not seem to coincide, but at last they did and the great steel began to tremble, increased its trembling until it dialated and contracted like a beating heart&endash;and finally broke. Sledge hammers could not have done it; crowbars could not have done it, but a fusillade of taps, no one of which would have harmed a baby, did it. Tesla was pleased.

He put his little vibrator in his coat-pocket and went out to hunt a half-erected steel building. Down in the Wall Street district, he found one&endash;ten stories of steel framework without a brick or a stone laid around it. He clamped the vibrator to one of the beams, and fussed with the adjustment until he got it.

Tesla said finally the structure began to creak and weave and the steel-workers came to the ground panic-stricken, believing that there had been an earthquake. Police were called out. Tesla put the vibrator in his pocket and went away. Ten minutes more and he could have laid the building in the street. And, with the same vibrator he could have dropped the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River in less than an hour.

That Nikola's Patent 613,809. He named it "Method of an Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles" or what we now know today as remote control. A device most people use daily was not only theorized but developed back in 1893 by Nikola Tesla. Tesla called them "Teleautomatons". He demonstrated the system to the Navy by blowing up a target with one of his "Teleautomatons" remotely.

Tesla was Edison's enemy, Mark Twain's friend and J.P Morgan's client. Tesla made his first million before he was 40, yet gave up the royalties on his induction motor invention as a gesture of friendship to George Westinghouse and died almost in poverty. Handsome, magnetic and elegant he was the "catch" of New York society. A lifelong bachelor, he led a somewhat isolated existence, devoting his full energy to science.

1901

King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor.

The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission.

Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.

1902

Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.

The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie.

The birth of the Teddy Bear.

George Claude invented neon light.

1903

Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.

Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens.

The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.

Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers.

William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.

After a difficult period, during which Tesla invented but lost his rights to an arc-lighting system, he established his own laboratory in New York City in 1887, where his inventive mind could be given free rein. He experimented with shadowgraphs similar to those that later were to be used by Wilhelm Röntgen when he discovered X-rays in 1895. Tesla's countless experiments included work on a carbon button lamp, on the power of electrical resonance, and on various types of lighting. Tesla gave exhibitions in his laboratory in which he lighted lamps without wires by allowing electricity to flow through his body, to allay fears of alternating current. He was often invited to lecture at home and abroad.

Nikola Tesla's sisters, Milka and Angelina, both died from diseases in their youth. Milka passed away from scarlet fever at the age of 12, while Angelina died from complications related to her mental health struggles. Tesla was deeply affected by their deaths and it impacted him greatly throughout his life.

As you well know, Tesla came up with the basics of x ray and mri technology. Magnetic Resonance has become the preferred neuro-imaging modality. To fully take advantage of the high anatomical resolution the Riechert stereotactic system was adapted for use in Magnetic Resonance Stereotaxy. The head ring which until recently was made of an aluminum alloy has been replaced by an unsegmented head ring of pure titanium without changing the dimensions and fixation mode. No significant misregistration due to eddy currents has been noticed. Minor distortion induced by the titanium head ring can be corrected mathematically. Thus the geometric information is limited only by the pixel resolution of the MR image.

No, Nikola Tesla did not invent the light bulb. The light bulb was primarily invented by Thomas Edison, while Tesla made significant contributions to electrical power systems and various other inventions.

First off, Nikola Tesla was brilliant. The Croatian-born engineer spoke eight languages, almost single handedly developed technology that harnessed the power of electricity for household use, and invented things like electrical generators, FM radio, remote control, robots, spark plugs, fluorescent lights, and giant machines that shoot enormous, brain-frying lightning bolts. He had an unyielding, steel-trap photographic memory and an insane ability to visualize even the most complex pieces of machinery the guy did advanced calculus and physics equations in his head, memorized entire books at a time, and successfully pulled off scientific experiments that modern-day technology STILL can't replicate. For instance, in 2007 a group of lesser geniuses at MIT got all pumped up out of their minds because they wirelessly transmitted energy a distance seven feet through the air. Nikola Tesla once lit 200 light bulbs from a power source 26 miles away, and he did it in 1899 with a machine he built from spare parts in the middle of the desert. To this day, nobody can really figure out how he pulled that off, because two-thirds of the schematics only existed in the darkest recesses of Tesla's all-powerful brain.

Of course, much like many other eccentric giga-geniuses and diabolical masterminds, Tesla was also completely insane. He was prone to nervous breakdowns, claimed to receive weird visions in the middle of the night, spoke to pigeons, and occasionally thought he was receiving electromagnetic signals from extraterrestrials on Mars. He was also obsessive-compulsive and hated round objects, human hair, jewelry, and anything that wasn't divisible by three. He was also asexual and celibate for his entire life.