career fields that have worked hard to make sure Tesla is known to the world. One of the biggest movements was in 1990, on his 134th birthday in New York State when they declared July 10th, National Tesla day. Senators from several states gave speeches at the House of Representatives to the President and the Senate. One of the speakers was Senator Levin of Michigan State. His speech was to help educate others of the lack of credit given to Mr. Tesla during his life and after his death. He used examples to prove Tesla does not receive the recognition he deserves.
His speech started with addressing the President of the United States, and announcing he was commemorating the birthday of Nikola Tesla. He mentions how Tesla was born during an electrical storm at midnight on July 10, 1856. Then he talks about how ironic that is since Nikola’s inventions were with electricity. However, Tesla is not given the same kind of credit as other inventors by historians. He gives facts from Tesla’s life that are not well known, he compares them to known inventor Thomas Edison. Talking about electricity keeps the attention of the audience, since we use it all day, and every day and life in the United States depends on it. He admits he did not know about Tesla as well, until recently.
The order he uses the rhetorical modes gives the speech more of an impact. Starting …show more content…
The class raised awareness to Tesla’s inventions and money for a bust at the Smithsonian institute. The Smithsonian agreed to add a temporary exhibit for Nikola Tesla’s 1933, accomplishments. However, they had not commented on the bust. I believe the intended impact of this comment from Levin was to show how Tesla is still not receiving the credit he deserves for all his inventions. In the speech Levin mentions 111 inventions, one of which was tube lighting. The tube lighting predates the inventions of
His speech started with addressing the President of the United States, and announcing he was commemorating the birthday of Nikola Tesla. He mentions how Tesla was born during an electrical storm at midnight on July 10, 1856. Then he talks about how ironic that is since Nikola’s inventions were with electricity. However, Tesla is not given the same kind of credit as other inventors by historians. He gives facts from Tesla’s life that are not well known, he compares them to known inventor Thomas Edison. Talking about electricity keeps the attention of the audience, since we use it all day, and every day and life in the United States depends on it. He admits he did not know about Tesla as well, until recently.
The order he uses the rhetorical modes gives the speech more of an impact. Starting …show more content…
The class raised awareness to Tesla’s inventions and money for a bust at the Smithsonian institute. The Smithsonian agreed to add a temporary exhibit for Nikola Tesla’s 1933, accomplishments. However, they had not commented on the bust. I believe the intended impact of this comment from Levin was to show how Tesla is still not receiving the credit he deserves for all his inventions. In the speech Levin mentions 111 inventions, one of which was tube lighting. The tube lighting predates the inventions of