Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943

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Тесла, Никола, 1865-1943

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1856-07-10

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1943-01-07

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1943-01-07

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Nikola Tesla (born Smiljan, Austrian Empire, July 10, 1856-died January 7, 1943, New York City), electric engineer, inventor, and scientist whose inventions include a telephone repeater, rotating magnetic field principle, polyphase alternating-current system, induction motor, alternating-current power transmission, Tesla coil transformer, wireless communication, radio, fluorescent lights, and more than 700 other patents. In his early career, Tesla worked at Thomas Alva Edison's Edison Machine Works in New York City. He is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

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