THE LEGACY OF NIKOLA TESLA

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B15_  Life and work of the Great " NIKOLA TESLA"

Many of you might know who he is , some might not . Those who don't know about him   read this blog and praise the lord , those who are familiar with Nikola Tesla,  still read it , No other option.

1. EARLY CHILDHOOD 

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      Born on 10th of July, 1856 ,in Smiljan , Austrian Empire ( now : Croatia ) ,Nikola Tesla was born in a lower middle class family. He was born at midnight, that night ,there was lot of rainfall and tremendous lighting, maybe the Gods were celebrating the arrival of a genius boy , who would change the world completely. When someone mentioned " He is the child of storm " , his mother corrected and said " No, .... of Light "

   Tesla's father_Milutin Tesla was an Eastern Orthodox priest, same as his maternal grandfather 

Nikola's mother_Đuka Mandić was an inventor who made household appliances and also had a special ability to convert anything into gold , just with a touch, JK . She had an ability to memorize Serbian Epic poems, a skill that was considered to be extraordinary back then .

Perhaps , it was in Nikola's genes to become a great inventor one day , the skills of his mother , father and the Gods that they worshipped were combined together to form NIKOLA TESLA,  yes , it's not wrong to say that he was the God of inventions.

2. TEENAGE 

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     Nikola was already showing the signs of becoming a legend , his curiosity set him apart , his different habits are the you are reading this. He was prone to diseases , living in marshy area , he often fell prey to malaria 

He was average in academics , but took keen interest in reading books of all sorts in library. 

He was immensely eager to find the cause of a problem and incorporate his problem solving skills to eradicate the problem .

He was curious about interaction of cat's fur with different materials, there was one incident that I had read , but now I can't remember it or find it anywhere , in which , Tesla jumps into the water to fix a pipe , something like that. If you know , do write in the comments. He also discovered water turbines and how they work , and that kinda seemed interesting to him  , therefore he decided to study engineering. 

Later he ended up becoming an inventor,  electrical engineer and mechanical engineer,  the greatest that the world has ever witnessed. 

He studied in Graz University of Technology,  but dropped out . He continued to gain practical knowledge about physics and engineering in the 1870s

3. HIS WORKING YEARS 

     During , the 1880s Tesla did a variety of jobs, he worked at a telephone exchange at Budapest ,and soon rose to the highest position in the telegraph office , there he did productive work like perfecting an amplifier,  a work which is not patented. Still Tesla has over 300 life changing patents worldwide.

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He also got a job in Paris in the company owned by the biggest MOFO of that time Thomas Bhadwa Edison,  who did nothing but steal other's ideas . It's not confirmed, but people gossip that Light bulb was the idea of Tesla and not Edison. Edison also stole the idea of a polyphase AC motor from Tesla, probably that's when he said :

Later he moved to USA

4. NOTABLE INVENTIONS 

     The list is endless but, the few that are mentioned here are the sole reason of the life that we are living today 

AC motor Carbon button lamp Death ray Induction motor Plasma globe Plasma lamp Polyphase system Radio control Resonant inductive coupling Rotating magnetic field Teleforce Telegeodynamics Teleoperation Tesla coil Tesla Experimental Station Tesla's oscillator Tesla turbine Tesla valve Torpedo  Vacuum variable capacitor Violet ray VTOL Wardenclyffe Tower Wireless power transfer World Wireless System  These are a few of his patented inventions , unpatented maybe even more, its a mammoths task to write about all these , hence links have been provided. 5. HIS LAST DAYS     Photo Courtesy: history.com     Although, he gained a lot of fame doing public speakings and teachings,  amassed a lot of wealth , from his inventions (especially his discovery of Alternating current ) At age 81 he met a fatal accident with a taxi, and refused to consult a doctor . At age 86 He died poor and sick, he had lost all his money trying to provide the world with a Wireless electricity transportation technology.  He stayed at hotels in New york , and left , leaving the bills unpaid  After some days he was found dead , with a DND sign outside his hotel room . The SI unit of magnetic field is named in his honour. 6. A FACT       Somewhere , I don't remember where , I saw a documentary on Nikola Tesla , in which I learnt that he had a strange habit of circling around a building 3 times before entering it . Just sharing the info. ______________________________________ Next time you are sitting comfortably in your house,  reading in a bright lit and air conditioned room , just remember the name of the person , because of who it is so __ NIKOLA TESLA     Let's conclude this blog , with a powerful quote of Tesla  " If your hate was converted into electricity,  it could light the whole world " Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia                                                        ~ 20736