Inventors and their inventions

1. NIKOLA
TESLA
Created by: Alicia Egea Atiénzar

2. • Nikola Tesla was an American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical
engineer and physicist of Serbo-Croatian origin.
• He is best known for his many inventions in the field of electromagnetism,
developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Tesla's patents and his theoretical work helped forge the foundation of
modern systems for the use of alternating current electricity, including
the multiphase electrical distribution system and the alternating current
motor, which contributed to the emergence of the Second Industrial
Revolution.

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia, on July
10, 1856.
• Tesla was one of five children, including
siblings Dane, Angelina, Milka and Marica.
• Tesla's interest in electrical invention was
spurred by his mother, Djuka Mandic, who
invented small household appliances in her
spare time while her son was growing up.
• Tesla's father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian
orthodox priest and a writer, and he pushed
for his son to join the priesthood.
• But Nikola's interests lay squarely in the
sciences.

4. INVENTIONS
• the Tesla coil.
• the magnification transmitter.
• the Tesla turbine.
• shadow graphs.
• radio.
• neon lights.
• the induction motor.
• telepathy.
• alternating current.

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