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    selfish maniac. No matter how you address him, Nikola Tesla provided the backbone for the electricity we use in our daily lives. Without his lasting influence, we still may be searching for a way to harness the electrons whizzing around atoms. Nikola Tesla was an influential inventor who revolutionized modern engineering by introducing alternating current and developing countless designs for electrical devices. As a young man, Nikola Tesla attended the Technical University at Graz, where he…

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    Nikola Tesla The inventor Nikola Tesla lived from July 10, 1856 to January 7, 1943, he was a well-known engineer who designed the alternating-current (AC) electric system. He was born in what is now Croatia; he came to the United States in 1884 and worked for Thomas Edison for a while before they both went their separate ways. Tesla sold several patent rights to George Westinghouse; one of those was his AC machinery. During Tesla’s career he discovered, designed and developed ideas for a number…

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    Nikola Tesla creative mind of past present, and future. Life for Nikola 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…

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    Nikola Tesla was a powerful scientific mind of the 19th century, specifically, “one of the most outstanding pioneers in the electric power field and in the development of radio” (“Tesla, Nikola”). Tesla began his life as a young Croatian boy, detached from the world, who dreamt of inventing. He later came to America in pursuit of his own American Dream, and in the process paved the road for modern electricity and radio communication. (“Nikola Tesla”). Tesla’s genius ideas are credited to many…

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    Ever heard of Nikola Tesla? You probably haven't heard of him: Have you ever heard of the Tesla? Probably haven't heard of it either. Have you been living under a rock ?? (No disrespect). Nikola Tesla was a better inventor than Thomas Edison, in this essay I will be telling you why he as a better inventor and about Nikola Tesla life. First of all, let's setup the setting and the scene as if it was an actual movie. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Lika, which was then…

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    mind of which belonged to Nikola Tesla. Too advanced for his time, Tesla’s ideas prove to be brilliant in today’s time. Tesla’s inventions and ideas lead to the advancement of society. Tesla believed that electricity could be found all around the world, and that it was easy to access. When Tesla came to America, he met an Indian Guru who taught Tesla about prana. The basis of prana is that energy surrounds us all, and is constantly active and moving. From then on, Tesla described the universe as…

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    amount of inventors, engineers and futurists emerged. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. His passion for electrical engineer was instigated by his mother, Djuka Mandic, who built him numerous gadgets while he was growing up. While Tesla has attending the University of Prague in Graz, Austria, he became acquainted with the Gramme dynamo, which was used as an add-on generator in manufacturing and farming machinery. Tesla took advantage of this generator to convert it into…

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    Nikola Tesla Have you ever flipped a switch or open your refrigerator and a light comes on, and questioned ,“ Why or who made the ability to turn that light on?” Well the man you are reffering to is Nikola Tesla. Though you might not know him, Nikola Tesla cretaed the AC electrical system and changed the field of electricity. Nikola Tesla was born on July 9th or 10th(not sure because of the country he was born in) in 1856 in Smijan, Crotia. He was one of five children from his mother…

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    Nikola Tesla and The War Of Currents When you are watching a movie and it gets just a little too loud it only takes a click of a button to fix that, and when you want to remember a moment forever all it takes is a little raise of a camera and a click. Nikola accomplished many great things in his lifetime. Simple things that make life easier are often overlooked, but we have Nikola Tesla to thank for many; Tesla developed the alternating-current electrical system that is widely used today.…

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    day consumption and usage. Electrical engineering was first pioneered in the early 19th century, and great progress had been made by the time the 19th century came to a close. Most of the advancements were made by the likes of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse; who all aided in making electricity what it is today. In 1878 Thomas Edison started out by working on a long lasting incandescent lamp, that overcame the problems that some of the earlier designs by other inventors had.…

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