born to serbian parents on july 10, 1856  and dying on january 7, 1943, nikola tesla is one of the most significant scientists and inventors the world has ever seen.

model of induction motor – tesla’s egg columbus image © designboom

tesla was schooled in gospic and karlovac, and studied technical imagesciences in prague and graz. after completing his studies, he worked in the postal-telephone association, on the installations of phone lines, and soon after the got the job in thomas edison’s company in paris. once there he did some modifications on edison’s dynamo machines which allowed him to work with the renowned scientist in america. tesla worked with edison for a while, until one year later he opened his own laboratory.

tesla was famous for his achievements in the area of electrical engineering, machining and telecommunications. his best known inventions are transformer, wireless electrical energy transfer, induction motor, remotely conducted boat. he worked a lot on the radio technology, and one of his more important works was the elimination of radio-interference.

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday image © designboom

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nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday inside the the nikola tesla museum image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday drawing of nikola tesla

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday outside the nikola tesla museum, belgrade, serbia image © designboom

nikola tesla: july 10 happy birthday nikola tesla appears on the 100 serbian dinar RSD note

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nikola tesla museum, belgrade, serbia http://www.tesla-museum.org/meni_en.htm http://www.teslasociety.com/teslamuseum.htm

nikola tesla energy independence celebrations (july 10 -12) http://www.teslasociety.com http://www.studio360.org http://www.pbs.org www.teslasciencecenter.org