Nikola Tesla

[Joe Steem]

Nikola Tesla, (born July 9/10, 1856, Smiljan, Austrian Empire [now in Croatia]—died January 7, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.), Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. He also developed the three-phase system of electric power transmission. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and sold the patent rights to his system of alternating-current dynamos, transformers, and motors to George Westinghouse. In 1891 he invented the Tesla coil, an induction coil widely used in radio technology.

[Chris]

I’m glad to see Tesla as the subject of first thread here, he’s my favorite inventor by far. The greatest mind of all time I would argue, but sadly still unknown to so many people.

[Connor]

As I said on the other thread, I love to see lesser known inventors! Although I think more and more people have learned about Tesla in the recent years thanks to Elon Musk’s car company, which is a very good thing IMO.

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