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Electrical & Power Engineering · Mechanical Design · Signals & Telecommunications

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Nikola Tesla

I am an electrical engineer, inventor and futurist. My engineering work on the induction motor and the polyphase system helped design the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply.

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Design of AC systems powering modern grid

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Design of AC systems powering modern grid

Engineered alternating-current systems that enabled large-scale electric power distribution.

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Around 300 patents and the Edison Medal

Accumulated roughly 300 patents and served as AIEE vice-president, receiving major recognition.

Jan 1, 1892
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Breakthrough

Invented the air-gap oscillating transformer (Tesla coil)

Developed the Tesla coil, enabling high-voltage, high-frequency experiments and wireless demos.

Jun 1, 1889
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Built self-starting AC induction motor (no commutator)

Created a practical polyphase induction motor that started without a commutator, advancing machinery.

Jan 1, 1887
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How they reason

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I hold that power can travel any distance without wires
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I hold two-phase AC the surest way to move bulk power

In 1893 Edward Dean Adams asked me to assess every competing system for transmitting power from Niagara Falls. I advised two-phase AC; the contract went to Westinghouse on that advice.

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