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Nikola Tesla Biography
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer who contributed to the American society through power sources. Nikola Tesla was an individual of change because he made the Alternating current power generator which we use today, and left an age of new possibilities, power, and energy sources. At this time Tesla was competing with edison, Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. Tesla leaves many legacies but one is the new possibilities he left behind.
Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Croatia, During a lightning storm at the stroke of midnight. His producers (parents) Dika Tesla, as the mother and Milutin Tesla as father , and he had
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but arrived too late to enroll in Karl-Ferdinand University so instead he spent most of his time at the Klementinum Library and Narodni Kavarna,The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. Around one year later tesla gets his second job and his Uncle arranged it, he worked at budapest. the year after tesla wanted to solve the riddle of A.C. Power, then 2 months later tesla got job in paris, at a Edison fatality. After a year tesla shows his newly made A.C. motor to the former mayor of Strasbourg. The next year in tesla's life he moves to the U.S., New york and one day later metes Edison. March, 1885: Tesla Electric Light Company was created then later that year tesla quit edison because Edison cheated tesla out of 50,000 dollars U.S. . Running out of money tesla ent to manual labor to survive. Two years later tesla had a speech before the AIEE which is now the IEEE then sells patches to wessing house Which is Cach payment of 25,000 and 50,000 in notes plus a royalty of $2.50 per horsepower for each motor. Around a year later tesla , Tesla located a new laboratory at 175 Grand St. and opened it in his name.Tesla visited Paris for the Universal Exposition and unveiling of the Eiffel Tower so in a way …show more content…
Later that month tesla started working on a tower the tower was known as “The World-Wide Wireless System known as Wardenclyffe Tower.” (tesla universe.com) Two years later they finished the Tower and they started testing the Wardenclyffe. A year later the Colorado Springs power company sued tesla for his power usage. Although 2 years later tesla's new turbine was made public but that same year Wardenclyffe workers laid off because J.B morgan withdrew his support and tesla was not able to pay all the workers. Also tesla was contracted to make a speedometer for a watch company Waltham Watch Company and this speedometer was only in luxury cars. One year later, tesla was eager to locate alternate funding for the Wardenclyffe project so he opened an office building on broadway. Although in an another 2 years the injustice when Marconi wid Nobel prise for radio when he really did not invent the first working radio it was tesla who shud have won and tesla knew it. The next year Gaining some initial success with his turbines, Tesla relocates his office to the Metropolitan Tower. Later that year tesla's best friend Mark Twain dies if a heart attack. The next year Over a period of several months, Tesla tests numerous models of steam turbines. The

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