“Method of transformation of electrical energy by oscillatory condenser discharge. It was predicted that this apparatus afforded vast possibilities and would play an important part in the future.” A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage,…
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Tesla AC technology for the Adams Power Plant near Niagara Falls
It is often erroneously believed that the first AC power plant was built exactly on the Niagara Falls. However, originally there were Power Houses 1 and 2 built about two km upstream with respect to the Niagara Falls. Since 1927, the official name of power houses which first implemented “Tesla Polyphase…
The life and work of Nikola Tesla
The article briefly describes the life of Nikola Tesla, from the village of Smiljan to New York, from a resourceful boy and animal lover to a world famous scientist. The ancestry of the Tesla family is discussed, starting with a description of the ethnic background of the inhabitants of Lika….