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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Basic timeline of Nikola Tesla

This post is a basic timeline of physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). There are 26 events listed below chronologically.

1856: Born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (Croatia)
1875: Enrolls at the Imperial-Royal Technical College of Graz
1881: Moves to Budapest, Hungary and works at a telegraph company
1882: Moves to Paris, France and works for Continental Edison Company
1884: Emigrated to the United States
1884: Begins working for Edison Machine Works in Manhattan, New York
1885: Establishes Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing
1887: Establishes Tesla Electric Company
1888: Receives patent for an AC induction motor
1888: Licenses AC induction motor patent to Westinghouse Electric
1889: Learns about Heinrich Hertz's electromagnetic radiation experiments
1890: Cash shortage at Westinghouse Electric causes loss of royalty payments
1891: Receives patent for Tesla coil
1893: World's Columbian Exposition uses AC power for electricity
1893: Receives patent for Tesla's oscillator
1893: Consults on construction of Niagara Falls
1895: Establishes Nikola Tesla Company
1895: Lab fire destroys Telsa's work
1898: Demonstrates remote controlled boat
1899: Establishes laboratory at Colorado Springs
1901: Receives funding from J. P. Morgan to build Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York
1905: Wardenclyffe Tower project is halted
1915: Sues the Marconi Company for copyright infringement, but is unsuccessful
1932: Claims to have invented a cosmic ray motor
1934: Claims to have invented a death ray defensive weapon
1943: Died at age 86 in New York City

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