Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now in Croatia). He was a Serbian-American inventor and engineer who made significant contributions to the field of electrical engineering. Tesla discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, which is the basis of most alternating-current machinery. He also developed the three-phase system of electric power transmission and invented the Tesla coil, an induction coil widely used in radio technology.
Tesla’s father was an Orthodox priest, and his mother was unschooled but highly intelligent. As a young man, Tesla displayed remarkable imagination and creativity, as well as a poetic touch. He studied engineering at the Technical University at Graz, Austria, and the University of Prague. At Graz, he first saw the Gramme dynamo, which operated as a generator and, when reversed, became an electric motor. Tesla conceived a way to use alternating current to advantage.
In 1882, Tesla went to work in Paris for the Continental Edison Company. While on assignment to Strassburg in 1883, he constructed his first induction motor after work hours. In 1884, Tesla sailed for America with four cents in his pocket, a few of his own poems, and calculations for a flying machine. He first found employment with Thomas Edison but soon left to start his own company.
Throughout his career, Tesla continued to innovate and experiment with new technologies. He made significant contributions to the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and physics. Today, Tesla is remembered as one of the greatest inventors of all time.
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