ENG 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Oatmeal, Radiography, Wardenclyffe Tower
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On july 10, 1856 in modern day croatia (smiljan, lika, then part of austro-hungarian. Nikola"s mother (djuka mandic) who would invent small household appliances sparked her child"s interest for electrical inventions at a young age. Nikola"s father (milutin tesla) who was an orthodox priest and a writer. But however, nikola"s interest were solely on sciences, and not a life. In 1863 the brother of nikola, daniel was killed by a riding accident. This event had a lasting effect on nikola even at the young age of 7. Realschule, karlstadt; a polytechnic institute in graz in 1873, austria. Later nikola tesla moved to budapest, hungary in: he worked for a telecommunications company. It was there when he thought of the elusive solution to the rotating magnetic field flashed in his head. Drawing a diagram showing the principal of the induction motor. Before going to america, tesla joined continental edison company in paris where he designed direct current (dc) dynamos.