Nikola Tesla
Serb scientist and inventor
1856 - 1943

Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljane, Province of Lika, in Yugoslavia on July 10, 1856. From 1862 to 1874 he attended elementary and lower secondary school in Smiljane and Gospic, and high secondary school at Karlovac. From 1875 to 1878 he attended the Advanced Technical School at Graz and finished his studies at the University of Prague in 1880.


TESLA'S U.S. PATENTS

MOTORS AND GENERATORS - 36 Patents

334823 Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines - Filed May 18, 1885

336961 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines - Filed May 18, 1885

336962 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines - Filed June 1, 1885

350954 Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines - Filed January 14, 1886

359748 Dynamo Electric Machine - Filed January 14, 1886

382845 Commutator for Dynamo Electric Machines - Filed April 30, 1887

381968 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed October 12, 1887

381969 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed November 30, 1887

382279 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed November 30, 1887

390414 Dynamo Electric Machine - Filed April 23, 1888

390820 Regulator for Alternate Current Motors - Filed April 24, 1888

390721 Dynamo Electric Machine - Filed April 28, 1888

390415 Dynamo Electric Machine for Motor - Filed May 15, 1888

555190 Alternating Motor - Filed May 15, 1888

524426 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed October 20, 1888

405858 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed January 8, 1889

401520 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors - filed February 18, 1889

406968 Dynamo Electric Machine - Filed March 23, 1889

459772 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed April 6, 1889

416191 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

416192 Method of Operating Electro Magnetic Motors - Filed May 20, 1889

416193 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

416194 Electric Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

416195 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

418248 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

424036 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

445207 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed May 20, 1889

417794 Armature for Electric Machines (with A. Schmid) - Filed June 28, 1889

433700 Alternating Current Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed March 26, 1890

433701 Alternating Current Motor - Filed March 26, 1890

433702 Electrical Transformer of Induction Device - Filed March 28, 1890

433703 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed April 4, 1890

447921 Alternating Electric Current Generator - Filed November 15, 1890

455067 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed January 27, 1891

464666 Electro Magnetic Motor - Filed July 13, 1891

511916 Electric Generator - Filed August 19, 1893

TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC POWER - 9 Patents

382280 Electrical Tranrmission of Power - Filed October 12, 1887

382281 Electrical Transmission of Power - Filed November 30, 1887

381970 System of Electrical Distribution - Filed December 23, 1887

390413 System of Electrical Distribution - Filed April 10, 1888

487796 System of Electrical Transmission of Power - Filed May 15, 1888

511915 Electrical Transmlssion of Power - Filed May 15, 1888

511559 Electrical Transmission of Power - Filed December 8, 1888

511560 System of Electrical Power Transmission - Filed December 8, 1888

405859 Method of Electrical Power Transmission - Filed March 14, 1889

LIGHTING - 6 Patents

335786 Electric Arc Lamp - Filed March 30, 1885

335787 Electric Arc Lamp - Filed July 13, 1885

447920 Method of Operating Arc Lamps - Filed October 1, 1890

454622 System of Electric Lighting - Filed April 25, 1891

455069 Electric Incandescent Lamp - Filed May 14, 1891

514170 Incandescent Electric Light - Filed january 2, 1892

HIGH FREQUENCY APPARATUS AND
CIRCUIT CONTROLLERS - 17 Patents

462418 Method of and Apparatus for Electrical Conversion and
Distribution - Filed February 4, 1891

514168 Means for Generating Electric
Currents - Filed August 2, 1893

568178 Method of Regulating Apparatus for Producing Currents
of High Frequency - Filed April 20, 1896

568176 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents of High
Frequency and Potential - Filed April 22, 1896

568179 Method of and Apparatus for Producing Currents
of High Frequency - Filed July 6, 1896

568180 Apparatus for Producing Electrical Currents
of High Frequency - Filed July 9, 1896

577670 Apparatus for Producing Electric Currents
of High Frequency - Filed September 3, 1896

583953 Apparatus for Producing Currents of
High Frequency - Filed October 19, 1896

593138 Electrical Transformer - Filed March 20, 1897

609251 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed June 3, 1897

609245 Electrical Circuit Controller - Filed December 2, 1897

611719 Electrical Circuit Controller - Filed December 10, 1897

609246 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed February 28, 1898

609247 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed March 12, 1898

No. 609248 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed March 12, 1898

609249 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed March 12, 1898

613735 Electric Circuit Controller - Filed April 19, 1898

RADIO - 12 Patents

649621 Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical
Energy - Filed September 2, 1897

685953 Method of Intensifying and Utilizing Effects Transmitted
Through Natural Media - Filed June 24, 1899

685954 Method of Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through
Natural Media - Filed August 1, 1899

685955 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted from a Distance
to a Receiving Device Through Natural Media - Filed September 8, 1899

685956 Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Ttransmitted Through
Natural Media - Filed November 2, 1899

685012 Means for Increasing the Intensity of Electrical
Oscillations - Filed March 21, 1900

787412 Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy through
the Natural Media - Filed May 16, 1900

725605 System of Signaling - Filed July 16, 1900

685957 Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant
Energy - Filed March 21, 1901

685958 Method of Utilizing Radiant Energy
Application Filed March 21, 1901

723188 Method of Signaling - Filed June 14, 1901

1119732 Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical
Energy - Filed January 18, 1902

TELEMECHANICS - 1 Patent

613809 Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving
Vessels or Vehicles - Filed July 1. 1898

TURBINES AND SIMILAR APPARATUS - 7 Patents

1061142 Fluid Propulsion - Filed October 21, 1909

1061206 Turbine - Filed January 17, 1911

1209359 Speed Indicator - Filed May 29, 1914

1402025 Frequency Meter - Filed December 18, 1916

1274816 Speed Indicator Filed December 18, 1916

1314718 Ship's Log - Filed December 18, 1916

1365547 Flow Meter - Filed December 18, 1916

VARIOUS PATENTS - 11 Patents

413353 Method of Obtaining Direct from Alternating Currents - Filed June 12, 1889

455068 Electrical Meter - Filed March 27 1891

464667 Electrical Condenser - Filed August 1, 1891

514167 Electrical Conductor - Filed January 2, 1892

512340 Coil for Electro Magnets - Filed july 7, 1893

568177 Apparatus for Producing Ozone - Filed June 17, 1896

577671 Manufacture of Electrical Condensers Coils - Filed September 5, 1896

609250 Electrical Igniter for Gas Engines - Filed February 17, 1897

1113716 Fountain - Filed October 28, 1913

1329559 Valvular Conduit - Filed February 21, 1916

1266175 Lightning Protector - Filed May 65 1916

TESLA'S LECTURES

A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers
A lecture delivered before the AIEE, May 16, 1888

Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and
Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination
A lecture delivered before the AIEE, May 20, 1891

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
A lecture delivered before the IEE, London, February 1892

Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena
A lecture delivered before the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, February 1893,
and before the National Electric Light Association, St. Louis, March, 1893.

High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes
A lecture delivered before the Americin Electro-Therapeutic Association,
Buffalo, September 13, 1898.

TESLA'S ARTICLES

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL - 17 Articles

Phenomena of Alternating Currents of Very High Frequency
The Electrical World, February 21, 1891

An Electrolytic Clock - The Electrical Engineer, May 6, 1891

Alternate Current Electrostatic Induction Apparatus -The Electrical Engineer, May 6. 1891

Electric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes - The Electrical Engineer, July 1, 1891

Notes on a Unipolar Dynamo - The Electrical Engineer, Sept. 2. 1891

On Roentgen Rays - Electrical Revview March. 11, 1896

On Reflected Roentgen Rays - Electrical Review April 1, 1896

On Roentgen Radiations - Electrical Review April 8, 1896

Roentgen Ray Investigations - Electrical Review April 22, 1896

An Interesting Feature of X-Ray Radiations - Electrical Review July 8, 1896

Roentgen Rays or Streams - Electrical Review August 12, 1896

On the Roentgen Streams - Electrical Review December 1, 1896

On the Hurtful Actions of Lenard and Roentgen Tubes
Electrical Review May 5, 1897

On the Source of Roentgen Rays and the Practical
Construction and Safe Operation of Lenard Tubes
Electrical Review August 11, 1897

On Current Interrupters - Electrical Review March 15, 1899

Electrical Oscillators - Electrical Experimenter, July 1919

Developments in Practice and Art of Telephotography
Electrical Review December 11, 1920

ON SOME GENERAL PROBLEMS - 7 Articles

On Electricity - Electrical Review Jan. 27, 1897

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, June 1900

The Transmission of Electric Energy Without Wires
Electrical World and Engineer March 5, 1904

Science and Discovery are the great Forces which will lead
to the Consummation of the War - The Sun, December 20, 1914

How Cosmic Forces Shape Our Destinies - New York American, February 7. 1915

The Wonder World to Be Created by Electricity
Manufacturer's Record, September 9, 1915

Electric Drive for Battle Ships - New York Herald, February 25, 1917

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL - 1 Article

Some Personal Recollections - Scientific American, June 5, 1915


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