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    distance r‚ from an infinitely long wire that carries a current I. Your derivation should include the direction of the magnetic field with respect to the direction of current flow. Verify your expression by using the experimental results obtained. If your results do not show the expected relationship‚ explain why. In order to derive an expression for the magnetic field B at a point of distance r‚ from an infinitely long wire that carries a current I‚ we can refer to fig. 10. From symmetry‚ B must be

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    modern‚ He was awarded 111 patents over the course of his lifetime. Nikola Tesla was a man of considerable genius and visionary in science and Technology in the 20th century. Without him our radio and television‚ auto ignition‚ telephone‚ alternating current power would all have been impossible. Mr. Tesla was born in Croatia which was part of Austria-Hungary back then on July 9‚ 1856. He was the electrical engineer who invented the AC motor. Tesla was an avid reader and was very passionate

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    It is difficult to imagine a world where certain groundbreaking inventions such as the light bulb‚ electrical currents‚ the computer‚ or the automobile were never created or pursued. Without the inventions that built our world‚ I would not be able to type this argument in my well-lit‚ heated bedroom on my personal laptop computer using my wireless internet connection. In The Atlantic’s article‚ “They Made America‚” many inventors and innovators were included in the list of the top 100 people who

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    story about Nikola Tesla is the story of a genius who was largely disrespected and abused by other scientists and inventors. Through my research I have managed to find out about the forgotten genius‚ his creation‚ the competition against direct current‚ and his true predictions. Furthermore‚ I talk about why this unfortunate futurist did not receive the prestige for his work; yet‚ considered the best scientist of all times. WORKS OF NIKOLA TESLA The astonishing inventor‚ Nikola Tesla

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    War of Currents Two of the greatest inventors in American history are Thomas Edison and Nikolas Tesla. However‚ they had not achieved their success on their own. Many argue that the rivalry between them had pushed them to create technology which we still use today. Without the extraordinary relationship between the two‚ Tesla and Edison would not have accomplished the level of success both of them had. In the beginning‚ the men had great respect for each other. Tesla had left Serbia for New

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    Language supervisor: PaedDr. Dagmar Rusková‚ PhD. Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor‚ electrical engineer‚ mechanical engineer‚ and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in New York City. He soon struck out on his own with financial backers‚

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    A World Without Tesla

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    the world forward because of his alternating current‚ his wireless‚ and his energy related inventions. Nikola Tesla is not very well known for most of his inventions‚ even though most modern people use them everyday without even knowing. The world would be different without Nikola Tesla‚ because had Tesla not invented the Alternating Current motor‚ Thomas Edison would have successfully developed and sold his Direct Current motor. In order for direct current to be used‚ a power source must be

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    Nikola Teslas Greatest Inventions Randee Harrison Com/172 March‚ 24‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Nikola Teslas Greatest Inventions Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest inventors of the 19th and 20th centuries. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan‚ a village in Croatia. This was also where he had attended middle school. Tesla continued his education at the Polytechnic Institute (a college that offered general education courses) in Graz‚ Austria. Tesla later completed his education at The University of Prague

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    William Stanley‚ who designed the first commercial model‚ introduced the term "transformer" in 1885. What is a transformer? Transformers are electrical devices that change the value of an alternating voltage.They do this by applying the principle of magnetic induction between coils to convert voltage and/or current levels. Transformers are mainly made up of two coils wrapped around the iron core. The first coil is called the primary coil and the second coil is called the secondary coil. What principle/law

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    Console is the section of the imaging system that most Technologists are familiar with. It is the Primary side of the main circuit and it includes the incoming current‚ the exposure switch‚ the autotransformer and the primary winding for the step up transformer. Through the Control Console‚ the tech is able to control the x-ray tube current and the voltage so that the useful x-ray beam that reaches the patient has the right quantity‚ or the intensity of the beam and is expressed in mR/mAs‚ and the

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