Nikola Tesla

Although N. Tesla invented many things, probably the most important invention was the alternating current (AC) motor. This allowed the world to use AC generating and transmission lines to transmit electricity over great distances with little power loss. Direct current cannot be generated or transmitted over long distances without great losses due to resistance.

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.

Tesla moved to the United States in 1884. When he arrived, he worked as an assistant to Thomas Edison, then in his late 30's. Edison had just invented the electric light bulb, but he needed a system to distribute electricity to houses. He designed a DC (direct current) system, but it had many bugs in it. Edison promised Tesla lots of money in bonuses if he could get the bugs out. Tesla took the challenge and ended up saving Edison over $100,000, which was millions of dollars by today's standards. Edison later refused to keep his promise. Tesla quit not long after that, and Edison spent the rest of his life trying to discredit Tesla which is the main reason why he is so unknown today. Edison was envious of him and instead of working a relatioship and working with him, the rest is known.

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.

From Graz, Nikola went to the University of Prague to continue his education. Later, in Budapest he developed his ideas for using alternating current in an induction motor. He did not have enough money to see this project through and it was only after he had gone to work for the Continental Edison Company, based in Paris, in 1882 that he was able to do this. He made his first induction motor in Strassburg in 1883, as an individual project, in his own time. This company was not interested in his alternating current machines.

Somewhat frustrated, Tesla set sail for America and arrived in New York, with four cents, a few of his own poems and calculations for a flying machine, in 1884.

He entered the employment of Thomas Edison, who recognised Tesla's genius. Edison was involved in building power stations that would produce direct current to power electric lighting in New York. He said that the direct current motors and dynamos would never be replaced by the alternating current machines of Tesla's, but he must have had a feeling that Tesla was well in front of his own inventions, as he was quite willing to employ him.

Eventually Nikola Tesla left the Edison Electric Company, which owed him a bonus payment of fifty thousand dollars for his successful completion of some important work. When the time came to pay him, Edison stated that he had only been joking when he had offered the bonus. The difference in backgrounds and methods was also a contributory factor in Nikola's decision to resign.

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.

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.

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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.

Consider this for a moment. The generation and distribution of Alternating Current electricity. Radio and Radio Control. He built the first remote control boat in 1899. I can all night writting about him so you find a good book about him. Soon you will understand why he was important.

As a child Nikola manifested a full share of Duka's ingenuity, building among other things a bug-propelled engine. Much later he would mention that he had always the ability to see his ideas constructed in his mind, and in such detail that he could adjust and balance the parts. In school he absorbed languages quickly (English, French, Getman, Italian) and made an impressive showing in mathematics.

Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, which was then part of the Austrian Empire and is now located in Croatia. Tesla was of Serbian descent.

Nikola Tesla looked up to inventors and scientists such as Thomas Edison and Michael Faraday. He also admired the works of great thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci and Mark Twain. Tesla was driven by a desire to push the boundaries of science and technology.

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.

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.

Though history books continue to give Guglielmo Marconi credit for the invention of radio, Tesla's lectures on wireless broadcasting precede Marconi's radio patents by some three years. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the matter in Tesla's favor, and struck down Marconi's patent claim, in 1943.

In 1888 Tesla designed the first practical system of generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power. The American rights to this epoch-making invention were bought by the American inventor George Westinghouse, who demonstrated the system for the first time at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Two years later Tesla's alternating-current motors were installed at the Niagara Falls power project.

He didn't have a middle name.

In 1888 Tesla designed the first practical system of generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power. The American rights to this epoch-making invention were bought by the American inventor George Westinghouse, who demonstrated the system for the first time at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Two years later Tesla's alternating-current motors were installed at the Niagara Falls power project.

1879 at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, and the University of Prague.

No, Tesla did not invent the light bulb. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. Much later, in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. In 1877, the American Charles Francis Brush manufactured some carbon arcs to light a public square in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Thomas Alva Edison experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) improved the bulb by inventing a carbon filament (patented in 1881); Latimer was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." In 1903, Willis R. Whitney invented a treatment for the filament so that it wouldn't darken the inside of the bulb as it glowed. In 1910, William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented a tungsten filament which lasted even longer than the older filaments.

He was an Serbian.

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A man of Serbian origin who spent his first 18 years in Croatia.

EDITED by VedaDavid

He was born in Croatia being a part of Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time. He has Croatian origin, but his father was an Orthodocs priest due to the circumstances I will elaborate bellow.

I'll try to stay as objective as possible, therefore I will give you the link to the original article in Croatian language about hidden Tesla's diary being kept in Belgrade and the translation of the most interesting parts, so you can check the facts for yourselves and come to your own conclusions.

Here is the link to the original article in Croatian language: http://www.hkv.hr/hkvpedija/znanost/5907-zato-beograd-skriva-tajni-dnevnik-nikole-tesle.html

Translation of the most interesting parts:

"It's sensational how Croatian public is unaware of the details from Tesla's diary, although Professor Ljubica Stefan, an author of the numerous books, made ​​sure that many interesting information get in Croatia. While living in Belgrade she had an opportunity to see Tesla's diary and some other secret data. They thought she was a Serb, so they showed her some closely guarded secrets - said Dr. Peter Vucic, a famous Croatian intellectual whose specialty is geopolitics. A record from the secret diary of Nikola Tesla, hidden at the state archives in Belgrade, was released at the 55th page of the book Speech to Croats on the right path."

Here is what Tesla said:

"I'm glad that Croats consider me to be one of them too, since my ancestors were Croatian noblemen by the name of Draganić from Zadar. As Croatian noblemen they came to Lika in 16th century and stayed there. My ancestors came to Lika via Novi Vinodol (note: historical part of Croatia). My mother's ancestors, by the name of Kalinić, were also Croatian nobles of the New Vinodol. Due to the circumstances, my great-grandfather had to go to Bosanska Krajina (Turkish Croatia - note: historical name for occupied parts of medieval Croatia) and there married Orthodox girl and converted to Orthodox Christianity. He had protruding front teeth so he was called by tool named "tesla" used to process wood, and hence my current name Tesla. This was actually a nickname. My grandfather was an officer in the regiment of Lika, and my father an Orthodox arch priest! "

Nota bene: Tesla studied at Graz and Prag, as did most of the Croats of that time. Before that he paused for two years in his schooling, due to the pressure of his parents to become a priest which was against his wishes. Tesla wanted to leave his manuscripts "to his old country". Tito's diplomat and Tesla's cousin Savo Kosanović deliberately misinterpreted his wish and that's how they ended up in Belgrade instead of the country he was born and raised in.

Now I hope this makes it a bit more clear what the origin of this genius is.

Yes. A tesla coil produces vibrations of electricity in the air. These vibrations are the basis upon nearly all wireless communication today. The reason they are popular is because a tesla coil can be adjusted to make what looks like small lightning bolts.

Nikola Tesla's brother died in a horse accident when he was 5 . ( A horse hit him with his back legs)

Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 and died on January 7, 1943. Nikola Tesla would have been 86 years old at the time of death or 159 years old today.