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
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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.


inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum
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inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum
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inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum
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inventions on display in the nikola tesla museum
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hydraulic analogy
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inside the the nikola tesla museum
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drawing of nikola tesla


outside the nikola tesla museum, belgrade, serbia
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nikola tesla appears on the 100 serbian dinar RSD note


see other happy birthday articles here

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