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the use of electricity has been taken to completely different levels and it can be seen all around us. I believe that Nikola Tesla has had a larger impact on the science world than Edison has. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. Because his mom was an inventor of household appliances, he began to find an interest in electricity when young. Even though, he was encouraged by his father into priesthood, Tesla study at a polytechnic institute. Soon after, Tesla moved to…

The Tesla Coil is a very enthralling invention created by Nikola Tesla in 1891. The high voltage, high frequency output of the amazing machine can cause strange effects in all sorts of materials. Though not a well known invention, the Tesla Coil plays a gigantic role in television and radio today. How does it work? What materials are used to make it? How can it be used today? And overall who was Nikola Tesla? The Tesla Coil is comprised of the following materials: a chassis, frame, cabinet or…

16. Compare and Contrast the policies of the US and USSR during Cold War. Primary approaches to address are Containment - the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. Different perspectives which are not "strategies" but rather could be mulled over are: Truman's hard-line approach toward the USSR; his exclusion at Potsdam of advising Stalin about the nuclear bomb and the dropping of it at Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the German Question; the Berlin Airlift and NATO. Iron Curtain: Soviets refuse to…

In every person's life journey there will be hardships, and only if they persevere and trust in God will they succeed in life. Perseverance is something the dwarf company showed throughout The Hobbit book. Just like the Jews of the Holocaust and even dating back to the Jews in ancient Bible times, the dwarves survived a tragedy. Only through extreme perseverance did the dwarf company and Jews survive. This perseverance is what every person would need to get through life. Only in the complete…

whole country as well. Apart from seeking independence, Bosnian Serbs also wanted to be part of the dominant Serbian state that had been long envisioned by the Serbian separatists. One of the main causes of the Bosnian War was that “the area between Croatia-Slavonia to the north, and Dalmatia to the south, and Serbia/Montenegro to the east/southeast was taken over by the Romans” (Gall and Gleason paragraph 6) that took them hundreds of years to be able to completely gain control of the country.…

INTRODUCTION The Bosnia Genocide started in April of 1992. Serbians were sent out to ethnically clean the Bosnia territory by steadily removing all Bosnian, Muslims, known was Bosnia’s. the Bosnia genocide is a representation of the Holocaust and is the most well known in the 20th century. The Genocide occurred in Bosnia in Muslims between 1992 to 1995. The long standing tensions between Serbs and Muslims and political and economic chaos which followed Tito’s death and Milosevic’s subsequent…

Republic in northern Italy. on April of 1945 Mussolini was shot by Italian resistance fighters while trying to escape to Switzerland with his mistress. Few Italians regretted the overthrow of the Fascist regime. Another example of fascism was in croatia. Poglavnik Ante Pavelić, leader of the infamous Ustaše movement, came to power in 1941 as the Croatian puppet leader under the control of Nazi Germany. Under the indirect control of Germany, the Ustaše regime was based heavily upon both upon…

Headscarves and neckwear in the Middle Ages Archaeological findings and sculptures from the 5th century AD suggest Anglo-Saxon women wore scarves tucked into the neck of their under gowns, and pulled over the head for warmth. Excavations of remains from the 8th to the 10th century show headscarves and veils worn by Viking women, with some styles possibly influenced by the Anglo and Celtic hosts of their settlements. Scarves feature widely in fashion from the Middle Ages. Throughout most of…

war he had with Thomas edison went on for a long time. Nikola tesla invented the ac, a type of current we still use today. The whole war was over eddison and is dc current. Which means direct current. Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. He was not an american citizen at first. He came from the austrian empire to america. From 1856 to 1867 he was apart of the empire. Then he came to america and became a citizen here. His father was a priest and his mother was a creator and could…

Tesla wasn’t very easy. He was very influenced by his family. He has also made over one hundred inventions some of which we still use today. Modern science is still working with and improving his inventions today. Nikola was born July 10 1856 in Croatia. His father was an orthodox priest and his mother was an unschooled but very intelligent women. During school he began experimenting with alternating currents. He was ridiculed in college by his professors for his ideas and dropped out of…