Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in Croatia and became fascinated with electricity from a young age. He was an excellent student and studied engineering. Tesla immigrated to New York where he met Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, pitching his idea of an alternating current electric system. Westinghouse supported Tesla's development of AC power, which was demonstrated at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Tesla registered over 700 patents in his lifetime and made breakthrough discoveries, but also struggled with financing later projects and lived in poverty for his final years.

1. Nikola Tesla
By: Ashley Johnson

2. Childhood
• Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia Southeast,
Europe in 1856.
• As a little boy he became fascinated with
electricity.
• He would pet his cat, and watch as it would
produce crackling sparks.
• He had lots of time to think about
electricity, because he was sick a lot and
had to stay in bed.

4. Education
• He was a very good student, and when he
was 19 he left home to study engineering.
• One of his professors showed him an
invention that could be connected to an
electrcal generator to act as a simple
motor.
• Tesla studied the motor and told his
professor he could make it better. Tesla
wanted it powered by alternating current,
which is AC/DC.

6. Coming to New York
• At the time Tesla arrived in New York, Thomas
Edison was building generators and developing
an electrical system.
• Tesla met with Edison and told him about the
AC system. Edison told Tesla he wasn't
interested.
• Tesla met with George Westinghouse who was
very interested in his AC system.
• Westinghouse and Tesla developed an AC
system that lite up the 1893 Chicago World
Fair. 3 years later an AC system began turning

8. Early Inventions
• Tesla didn't stop experimenting.
• In 1891 Tesla invented the Tesla Coil which
was used in radios and television sets.
• That same year he became a citizen of the
United States.
• He registered over 700 patents, including
flourescent lights, Laser beams, wirless
communication, wireless transmtion of
energy, remote control, robotics, Tesla
turbins, and vertical take-off aircraft.

10. Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNGKly09CQ&feature=fvwrel

12. Later Years
• From 1901-1905 he was working on a project
with G.P Morgan to build a transmition tower
of 187 ft tall.
• It was intend to be able to transmit signals
and power to any place in the world.
• Before it was finished G.P Morgan withdrew
the money and it was tore down in 1970
before it was operational.
• After that Tesla's carrier began to decline.
Even though he had alot of discoveries he
lived the rest of his life in poverty. He died
January 7, 1943 in a hotel in New York.

14. Inspiration
• Nikola Tesla had many inspirations, but his
main inspiration was his engineer teacher at
Yale University.

16. Family
• Nikola Tesla had a 3 sisters, 1 brother, mom
and a dad.
• 2 of his sisters and his brother didn't survive
they all died before they were born.
• They lived with his Aunt and Cousins.
• When he was little he only had 1 friend and
they grew up together, they would consider
themselves brothers.

18. Honors and Awards
• He recieved a Doctaral Degrees from Yale
and Colombia University.
• He was published in mayjor journals and at
one point the New York Times thought that
Tesla and Edison were to share Nobel Prize,
however neither of them recieved the
award.

20. Nikola Tesla the Explorer
• Most of his inventions helped the world to
become what they are now.
• He invented the 1st X-ray machine, which
now helps everyone.
• He also invented the AC/DC current, which
helped people get the idea of the invention
TV.
• He invented Wireless communication
which,is what is in a phone so we can make
calls to people for emergencies, friends,
and family.

22. The End!!!
Hope you enjoyed learning about Nikola
Tesla!!!! :D
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