Nikola Tesla

The Man Who Lived Before His Time

The Beginning

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     Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856.  He was from a variety of places such as, Smijian, Austria Empire, Kingdom of Hungary, France, and the USA. His background is Serbian. Nikola Tesla’s parents where Serbian. They raised him in a Croatian village in the Southern part of Austro-Hungarian.  His father Milutin Tesla was a priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church. Nikola’s mother Djuka Mandic had a great memory although she had no formal educational training she was exceptionally bright. She was an inventor in her own right  of household appliances.  Nikola often credited his mother for his intellectual abilities. Because of this Tesla became an inventor and an electrical and mechanical engineer.

      Nikola Tesla was a very impressive man. He made many inventions. He was very intelligent and well educated. He loved to read and he loved mathematic. He also learned many languages throughout his life time.  He graduated from the Higher Real Gymnasium College in only three years.

     He understood electrical currency and he understood how to make things work. He dreamed up many of his inventions. He often formatted blue prints of inventions in his head. He also contributed to the many things that we use today. Nikola was a great wonder when it came to inventions. He was thought of as a genius, a mad scientist and great inventor.

      He also taught and gave lectures to people who wanted to follow in his footsteps. He lectured in New York, Philadelphia, France and in England. Nikola Tesla was a great inspiration to many inventors today. He will forever be known and he could never be forgotten. He had an interest in creating new technology. Nikola foreseen the future, he is a man who lived ahead of his time. He was given the Edison Medal and the Elliott Gressin Medal for his articulate work.  He worked for companies such as Edison Machine Work, the          Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing, and the Westinghouse Electric Light & Manufacturing Companies.

Inventions

Nikola discovered the rotating magnetic field which is the basis of all devices that use alternating current which is a type of electricity. Tesla’s discovery of his polyphase alternating current induction motor is used today throughout the world. His system is what is lighting up thea whole world today. He is the first to design a hydroelectric power plant in Niagara Falls. He also is the reason for many wireless inventions. He is the first to demonstrate wireless transmission of electrical energy and wireless communications. He is credited for creating the radio. He is known for the Tesla Coil, Tesla bladeless turbine, Tele force, amplifier, Oscillator, electric car, remote control, alternating current, Induction Motor, Death ray, generators, rotating magnetic field, fluorescent light, laser beam, robotic, X-ray tubes, and other technology. He had made many inventions that were never patent, but he has registered over 700 patents. A lot of things he invented he was never given credit. He helped pave the way for new forms of technology.

The End

 In the end he was impoverished. He continued to experiment with ideas until his death.  He died January 7 1943 at age 86. Tesla died of heart failure. After his death all of his possessions were seize by the government. He had many inventions that he never got a chance to be patent. They were found in 80 boxes in different places. In later years some of his possessions were given over to his family, but most of it was kept top secret.  Tesla and his possessions now remain in a museum in Belgrade where it resides to this day.

References:

Tesla’s Biography

http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm

Wikipedia Nikola Tesla

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikola_Tesla&printable=yes