Essays Tagged: "Tesla"

Nikola Tesla

Few people recognize his name today, and even among those who do, thewords Nikola Tesla are likly to summon up the image of a crackpot rather thanan authentic scientist. Nikola Tesla ... ng, sometimesworld-transforming, devices that are even simply amazing by todays scientificstandards.Tesla was born at precisely midnight between July 9th and 10th, 1856, ina small Hungarien village. H ... t telegraph engineering office in Budapest, where he made his firstinvention, a telephone repeater. Tesla sailed to America in 1884, arriving in NewYork City with four cents in his pocket, and many gr ...

(4 pages) 80 0 3.7 Jan/1994

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

The workings of tesla's brainchild, the TESLA COIL

bilities expands our minds, strengthens our hopes and fills our hearts with supreme delight."Nikola Tesla, 1891Tesla CoilsNikola Tesla (1856-1943) is still surrounded by controversy and mystery fifty ... pauper, earned fame and fortune as an eccentric but flamboyant genius, and died in poverty. Nikola Tesla's patents still today are the cores of our electrical power distribution and use. Royalties fr ...

(7 pages) 42 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Tesla / The history of tesla and the fued with Edison that blackend his name. A very thought out paper about tesla being left out of history because of his budgetery concerns.

Despite a propaganda war against his name and inventions, Nikola Tesla is one of the greatest inventors of all time. He has more than seven hundred patents and inven ... ventions by Thomas Edison (Wikipedia). Our current technological abilities have been shaped more by Tesla than any other individual. By being erased from the Smithsonian and omitted in school textbook ... school textbooks, Tesla has been all but forgotten by the vast majority of society (Wagner).Nikola Tesla was ironically born at midnight of the 9th of June during a powerful lightning storm in the vi ...

(6 pages) 31 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Nikola Tesla: The Forgotten Father of Technology

nology, one person can have a tremendous impact on mankind; specifically that one person was Nikola Tesla. The eccentric and brilliant Croatian born electrical engineer contributed profoundly to our u ... rrent (AC) induction motor, based on his research and discovery of rotating magnetic fields. Nikola Tesla had 700 patents in the US and Europe. Tesla's discoveries include the Tesla Coil, fluorescent ...

(7 pages) 55 0 3.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla

t, a person who has no imagination in his life is dull. Two inventors, Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla through their inventions both men made significant contributions to the quality of man's life. ... their invention, achievement, and their unusual eccentricities. To begin with, da Vinci and Tesla both created different inventions through out their lives, which affected society greatly. Da ...

(3 pages) 28 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Nikola Teala: The Electrical Genius.

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-born American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor. Tesla was one of the ... ngth in cycles over time and is the type of electricity that power companies supply to homes today. Tesla invented the alternating current induction generator, a device that changes mechanical energy ... on generator, a device that changes mechanical energy into alternating current electricity, and the Tesla coil, a transformer that changes the frequency of alternating current.Nikola Tesla was born on ...

(5 pages) 48 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The life and works of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla is basically a forgotten man, but during his life time he was much like MC Hammer; very popula ... wireless energy, oscillators, telegeodynamics, induction motors, helicopters, and of course... the Tesla Coil. Lets start from the beginning.Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia in 1856; He was ... ic field, which later made him famous for his induction motor". Now is probably the time to mention Tesla's mental abilities. He had a photographic memory, and 2 "Was able to use creative visualizatio ...

(7 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Nikolai Tesla

Nikola Tesla was born in a farmhouse on the night of July 9, 1856 in the small town of Smilijan, Croatia wh ... mall town of Smilijan, Croatia while a thunderstorm was raging on outside. Nikola's father, Milutin Tesla, was a former officer under Napoleon who left the military and instead joined the ministry whe ... istry where he became known for his talented writing and impressive memory. Nikola's mother, Djouka Tesla, worked from before dawn through the late hours of the night tending to the Tesla farm and rai ...

(4 pages) 13 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Internal and External Analysis of Tesla

Internal AnalysisTesla motors is able to differentiate itself from its rivals by offering a product that has yet to b ... 0 miles on a single charge. In addition, no other company has a network of charge stations allowing Tesla owners to drive across the country if desired. Finally, Tesla motors has created a brand of el ... country if desired. Finally, Tesla motors has created a brand of elite cars, it has been said that Tesla owners may be more of a cult than that of Mac owners. The Tesla Model S is equipped with nothi ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies