The Industrial Revolution: Nikola Tesla's Induction Motor
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Electric motors are a part of almost everything we use, refrigerators, washing machines, ceiling fans, computer hard drives, and almost every other appliance and electronic device we use today.Electric motors were made practical and affordable by Nikola Tesla and his induction motor. Before Tesla invented the induction motor was the dc motor that was impractical because it required two electric supplies for just one motor and expensive to make because it required rare materials on the other hand the induction motor needs but one power supply and can be made with inexpensive materials.
The induction motor is powered by alternating current (AC) Tesla was one of the first to discover AC. He believed that it was better than direct current …show more content…
By slapping a motor on to something people used to make by hand things got made faster and cheaper. Tesla’s AC induction motors were used to make all types of machines that were used to make all types of products.
Tesla patented his induction motor in 1888. George Westinghouse, a super rich owner of an electric company, heard Tesla give a speech about his induction motor in Pittsburgh. After the speech he offered Tesla $1,000,000 for his induction motor patent and 39 of Tesla’s other patented inventions. The amount he was offered was the modern equivalent of about …show more content…
This way of doing things did pose problems because tesla was the only person who could make the machine because he was the only one with the design in his head. This would then mean that he would have to take extra time to write the designs and dimensions down onto paper. This never really posed a problem though because Tesla knew that in order to obtain patents he would have to have copies of the invention and its dimensions in front of the committee who decides whether or not to give him the
Electric motors are a part of almost everything we use, refrigerators, washing machines, ceiling fans, computer hard drives, and almost every other appliance and electronic device we use today.Electric motors were made practical and affordable by Nikola Tesla and his induction motor. Before Tesla invented the induction motor was the dc motor that was impractical because it required two electric supplies for just one motor and expensive to make because it required rare materials on the other hand the induction motor needs but one power supply and can be made with inexpensive materials.
The induction motor is powered by alternating current (AC) Tesla was one of the first to discover AC. He believed that it was better than direct current …show more content…
By slapping a motor on to something people used to make by hand things got made faster and cheaper. Tesla’s AC induction motors were used to make all types of machines that were used to make all types of products.
Tesla patented his induction motor in 1888. George Westinghouse, a super rich owner of an electric company, heard Tesla give a speech about his induction motor in Pittsburgh. After the speech he offered Tesla $1,000,000 for his induction motor patent and 39 of Tesla’s other patented inventions. The amount he was offered was the modern equivalent of about …show more content…
This way of doing things did pose problems because tesla was the only person who could make the machine because he was the only one with the design in his head. This would then mean that he would have to take extra time to write the designs and dimensions down onto paper. This never really posed a problem though because Tesla knew that in order to obtain patents he would have to have copies of the invention and its dimensions in front of the committee who decides whether or not to give him the