Nikola Tesla - Inventor Who Changed the World - 25 Interesting Facts

Nikola Tesla - Inventor Who Changed the World - 25 Interesting Facts

Nikola Tesla  (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, innovator and inventor.  He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, among many other inventions.

Born and raised in the Austrian Empire, Tesla first studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without receiving a degree.  He then gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry.  In 1884 he immigrated to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen.  He worked for a short time at the Edison Machine Works in New York City before he struck out on his own.  With the help of partners to finance and market his ideas, Tesla set up laboratories and companies in New York to develop a range of electrical and mechanical devices.  His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents, licensed by Westinghouse Electric in 1888, earned him a considerable amount of money and became the cornerstone of the polyphase system which that company eventually marketed.

Attempting to develop inventions he could patent and market, Tesla conducted a range of experiments with mechanical  oscillators/generators, electrical discharge tubes, and early X-ray imaging.  He also built a wirelessly controlled boat, one of the first ever exhibited.  Tesla became well known as an inventor and demonstrated his achievements to celebrities and wealthy patrons at his lab, and was noted for his showmanship at public lectures.  Throughout the 1890s, Tesla pursued his ideas for wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric power distribution in his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs.  In 1893, he made pronouncements on the possibility of wireless communication with his devices.

Having spent most of his money, Tesla lived in a series of New York hotels, leaving behind unpaid bills.  He died in New York City in January 1943.  Tesla's work fell into relative obscurity following his death, until 1960, when the General Conference on Weights and Measures named the International System of Units (SI) measurement of magnetic flux density the tesla in his honor.  There has been a resurgence in popular interest in Tesla since the 1990s.

We review a short video about Nikola Tesla, his life, career and contributions of his inventions on society.  Then we go over 25 Interesting Facts about Nikola Tesla and his life and accomplishments.

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[Gottfried]

I first read about Nikola Tesla around 1986.
He's why I became an Electronic Engineer.

[Isidor]

Tesla was brilliant! He gave life to his visions and realized them. I bet if he was alive today, he would have changed the world yet again.

[TravelwithTori-eoig]

What an amazing innovator - thanks for bringing it to us!

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Incredible program! can't wait until the next...

[DPTCoachingChannel-okmi]

Always been a fascinating person in our history!

[Adalbert]

Thank you so much for a powerful overview of Tesla's life and work. You gave us important factors (family, historical time and space, etc) for a deeper understanding of the essence of this great man. Nikola Tesla is my hero and inspiration, as there is a bit of untamed genius dreamer in each of us, only not many as big as Nikola Tesla❤❤