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    Terrell History Exam 12/6/14 Nikola Tesla’s was effect on America Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor who was born on July 10‚ 1856‚ and died on January 7‚ 1943‚ at the age of 86 and Nikola Tesla’s birthplace was Smiljan‚ Austrian Empire modern-day Croatia. He four other siblings one older brother and three sisters and he attended Krajina a primary school in Smiljan‚ there he learned German‚ arithmetic‚ and religion in 1861. In 1873‚ Tesla contracted Cholera and was sick in bed

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    current‚ or the remote control would not be possible without Nikola Tesla. Tesla is an inventor from the early 1900s. He is a Serbian-American and one of the most brilliant inventors in U.S. History. He impacted many technological advances far beyond his death. The blueprints he used are still being mapped in today’s works. Tesla revolutionized mankind with groundbreaking inventions that still influences technology to this day. One of Nikola Tesla’s greatest discoveries was the electric current. Electric

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    Nikola Tesla‚ Man of Many Sciences Who is Nikola Tesla? Where would the world be without him today? “Nikola Tesla” by Inez Whitaker Hunt gives us just a glimpse of the contributions that Nikola Tesla made to the modern world. Born into humble beginnings‚ his father an Orthodox Priest and his mother and uneducated woman‚ came a man who would someday contribute some of the most important technology of his time. Some of that technology still in use today. Nikola Tesla was one of the most influential

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    Did Nikola Tesla invent free energy before many years ? Serbian born engineer Nikola Tesla was a technological genius and radical inventor. His work on an alternating current power system‚ the fluorescent light bulb‚ remote control‚ and many other mass market inventions‚ revolutionized the twentieth century. But Tesla’s biggest project – his dream of providing energy to the world for free collapsed when his financial backers unexpectedly withdrew their support. Some believe that Tesla’s free energy

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    In the late 1880’s Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battled over what type of electricity {Alternating Current or Direct Current} would become standard in the United States (Nix). People today take electricity for granted‚ but during this time period people were just beginning to dawn the idea of having electricity in households. The vast majority of people had to utilize more dangerous types of electricity such as gas lamps. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison both invented a type of electricity and the

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    The War of the Currents was a battle between Thomas Edison‚ Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. Thomas Edison was a famous inventor who invented motion pictures and practical electric light bulb‚ as well as a good businessman. Nikola Tesla was a famous inventor‚ electrical and mechanical engineer. George Westinghouse was a famous entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry They were trying to decide which electricity system‚ either direct

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    field was once described as “ a thing that may be described‚ but not understood” Nikola Tesla was a brilliant scientist who had many great inventions that still have an effect on us today. His inventions such as the Tesla coil and AC electrical system make today’s mechanical inventions function as well as they do. Tesla achieved his goals by believing in himself and his inventions‚ despite what anyone said. Tesla would have hundreds of trial and error before he would even come close to making improvements

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    One scientist that deserves more recognition is definitely Nikola Tesla. Although many of his ideas were lost after his death‚ the ideas and inventions he did share with the world were amazing. Tesla was rejected by many of the people in his time‚ but what those people did not know was how advanced Tesla and his ideas were‚ and how great of an impact he still has on us today. Many people take advantage of the modern inventions we have today but they never really know how much effort someone put

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    Tesla and the Electronic World Guglielmo Marconi and Nikola Tesla both contributed to the development of wireless communication. Marconi‚ an Italian working in Europe‚ and Tesla‚ a Serbian born immigrant to the U.S.‚ battled for the right to hold patents for wireless communication technology of similar design. The privilege of being the name to bare mark in the history books and be called the one who brought us wireless communication was at stake. “Mr. Marconi is a donkey” said Nikola Tesla (Pickover)

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    home. Nikola Tesla is the single person responsible for giving this ability to the common world. Without Nikola Tesla‚ the world would be very different due to his inventions. His contributions pushed 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

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