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Nikola Tesla was a great inventor from Smiljan, Croatia.He made many great inventions during his time here in the United states.Tesla studied math and physics at the Technical University of Graz and philosophy at the University of Prague. From there on he made many inventions that has given him a reputation that would later catch Tomas Edisons eye in many years to come. At one point Edison told Tesla he would pay $50,000 for an improved design for his DC dynamos. Tesla never got paid that money that Edison said he would pay Tesla. After words Tesla and Edison used Niagara falls to generation power to the nearest city that it would run off of for years.In 1895 Tesla’s New York lab burned, destroying years’ worth of notes and equipment the schimatics …show more content…
The series of beeps that he picked from high altitudes radio waves. he later wrote a letter to the American Red Cross containing what the message said one… two… three... , he believed this to be sent from another planet.In his child hood Tesla had the idea of makeing the helicopter. He would of been the first person to build the first mechanical helicopter. After parting ways with Edison, in 1885 Tesla received funding for the Tesla Electric Light Company and was tasked by his investors to develop improved arc lighting. After successfully doing so, however, Tesla was forced out of the venture and for a time had to work as a manual laborer in order to survive. His luck changed in 1887, when he was able to find interest in his AC electrical system and funding for his new Tesla Electric Company. Setting straight to work, by the end of the year, Tesla had successfully filed several patents for AC-based inventions.When Tesla built the laser the difference between good and evil came with it. The laser was also used for surgical applications as in laser beam for eye laser eye surgery.After all that it became popular in movies like Star Wars or any other sci fi movie or T.V

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