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Research: Nikola TeslaBy Irbin Torres

Who was Nikola Tesla?Born 10 1856 Austrian Empire, Croatia

Serbian American inventor,electrical engineer,mechanical engineer,physicistFuturistbest known for his contributions to design modern alternating current(AC)electricity supplysystem.

Earliy Life

Tesla immigrated to the U.S on 1884 brokeTesla contractedcholera he was bedridden for nine months and was near death multiple times.Tesla was offered the task of completely redesigning the Edison Company'sdirect currentgeneratorsWorked for the Continental Edison Company soon after Fixed Edisons Electrical System for $50,000 which was a promise Edison made jokingly

About his workDesigned the first Hydro-Electric PowerplantInduction motorWireless TelegraphyAlternating currentNeon LampRemote Control Tesla CoilWas awarded min of 278 patents in 28 countriesMost prominent Inventions was the Wardenclyffe TowerTesla contributed in varying degrees to the establishment of robotics, remote control, radar, and computer science, and to the expansion of ballistics, nuclear physics, and theoretical physics.

WestingHouse and Tesla

After being mislead by Edison into digging ditches for a year with little pay Tesla was determined to keep on developing his AC generatorsWestinghouse was very intruiged by Teslas Generators and offerd his to buy all the patents for AC for 1 million dollars and also proposed a royalty for every horsepower a Tesla product produced Westinghouse would pay $2.50Battle of the Currents

Edison began a negative media campaign to discredit the alternating current system of electricity being developed by Westinghouse and TeslaEdison: My personal desire is to prohibit entirely the use of alternating currentEdison electrocuted Cats, Dogs, Cows, Horses, and a 6 ton elephant, who was sentenced to death for killing 3 zookeepers 1 of which tried to feed her a cigarette to prove Tesla AC was dangerous

General Electric Company

The Edison Company, Thompson Houston Company merged and in retaliation refused to sell Westinghouse any Edison Light bulb. Westinghouse devised a two stop bulb to save the day

Tesla along side Westinghouse made history by providing AC electricity to light up the worlds fair in Chicago despite Edisons warnings proving it to be safe and beneficial

Lord Kelvin attended and a contract was awarded to Westinghouse Electric to get power from Niagra falls using AC

Setback

Overreach of resources had pushed Westinghouse Electric into financial struggleTesla Ripped up contract of $2.50 per horsepower to save companyTesla was begging to work on wireless energy singalThe same year a fire mysteriously broke out burning down all of his workA lifetimes work destroyedIn England Guillermo Marconi had developed a device for wireless telegraphyIn fear Marconi would exploit his ideas he began to work againCreated a self controlling boat

Colorado SpringsTesla moved to Colorado springs to worked on secret projectsTesla Wanted to send electrical power from Colorado to France from the IonosphereTesla began construction of a high-voltage coil facilityA prototype transmitter for a World Wireless SystemTesla created lighting bots shutting down local companies generators creating fearTo transmit power worldwide.The facility was never completed

Wardenclyffe Tower

Marconi Moved to new York to look for investors and filed a patent similar to Teslas wireless telegraphy but was deniedTelsas vision was to end wars and global communication networkTeslas vision became really appealing to J.P Morgan and agreed to invest in Teslas World wide radio broadcast centerTeslas real goal was to transmit without wires industrial levels of electrical power which he kept secretDecember 8, 1901 Marconi was able to transmit a signal across the atlantic using 17 of Teslas patents and claimed they were his ideasLack of funding and technical problems caused J.P Morgan to back out leaving Tesla Financially ruinedOne day and aurora borealis activity like proved Teslas tower worked but limitedJ.P Morgan backed out of funding Tesla and called Teslas innovations problematic because it was not clear how meters could be imposed for buying and selling energy

Downfall

U.S patent commission reversded its decion and gave Marconi transmission patent and Teslas Patents expiredTesla couldnt comprehend business and inventions Tesla became angry when Marconi was awarded a Nobel PrizeIn money shortages he suid the Marconi company with patent infringement but lack the resources to fight a legal battle and gave upTesla was nominated for the Nobel Prize and share a prize with EdisonPennyless began helping out hurt pigeons and feeding themCreated Deathray Tesla believed Einstein theory was in the wrong direction without touch of reality Albert Einstein submitted a letter of admiration

WARFAREDuring the rise of the Nazi state Tesla unveiled his new source of power Telaforce which can shoot an airplane of the skyTried to sell his system to the allied forces. Britain agreed to too pay for Teslas blueprints but fell short on the final plans Tesla didnt sent.

Passing

At 81 when outside to feed pigeons and was hit by a car breaking three of his ribsWestinghouse executives agreed to pay for his room and board for the rest of his lifeHe returned to make deals with the U.S Gov and was scheduled for a meeting but it never happenedHe died in his room Jan 7, 19435 Months later U.S patent office declared Marconis patents invalid crediting TeslaSoon the FBI seized all of the Teslas paper when he died and soon after the U.S developed new military weapons developed from Teslas workSome of his papers were missingRonald Reagan called for the strategic defense initiative because of fear of the U.S.S.R might have a Death Ray BeamSuddenly Teslas work was taken seriouslyHAARP was created to further research Teslas work

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