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Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)

Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943). Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943). Tesla at the time of his arrival to America, 1884. Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943). Tesla during student days, 1874-1878. Tesla and Westinghouse. Tesla Induction Motor Electricity –

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Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)

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  1. Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)

  2. Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)

  3. Tesla at the time of his arrival to America, 1884.

  4. Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)

  5. Tesla during student days, 1874-1878.

  6. Tesla and Westinghouse

  7. Tesla Induction Motor Electricity – One of the ten greatest discoveries of all times. This model was presented by Tesla in his lecture before AIEE held on May16, 1888.

  8. Tesla’s Alternating Current Electricity is today lighting the whole globe. Above: Satellite Photo of the Earth at night. Photo from NASA.

  9. US Governor Proclamation of “Nikola Tesla Day” in their states.

  10. US Governor Proclamation of “Nikola Tesla Day” in their states.

  11. US Governor Proclamation of “Nikola Tesla Day” in their states.

  12. Tesla was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

  13. Crater on the Moon named after “Nikola Tesla”, the famous inventor and scientist.

  14. Planet named “Tesla”

  15. Planet named “Tesla”

  16. Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls, American Side.

  17. Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls (Canadian side), Queen Victoria Park, unveiled on July 9, 2006.  Tesla is standing atop an AC motor, one of the 700 inventions he patented. The monument was the work of Canadian sculptor Les Dryzdale.

  18. Bust of Nikola Tesla made by famous sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. This bust is located in Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

  19. The Nikola Tesla Corner is located at the corner of West 40th Street and 6th avenue, Manhattan.

  20. Tesla Plaque erected on Hotel New York at 34th and 8th avenue, Manhattan. Tesla lived in Hotel New Yorker from 1933 – 1943.

  21. Commemorative Plaque on Building (32 West 40 Street, Manhattan, New York), "The Engineers Club", was erected in memory of famous American Engineers who helped America transform from a largely agricultural nation to an architectural and industrial empire. Nikola Tesla's name is included on the plaque among other famous Americans.

  22. Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building.  Radio Wave Building located at 49 West 27th Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue), Lower Manhattan. It was the former Gerlach Hotel, where Tesla lived before the end of the century and experimented with Radio Waves, in 1896.

  23. Golden Medal of Elliott Cresson award to Nikola Tesla in Philadelphia.

  24. The “John Scott” Medal award to Nikola Tesla in Philadelphia.

  25. The University of Paris Medal awarded to Nikola Tesla.

  26. The Medal of the University St. Clement of Ochrida in Sofia, Bulgaria, awarded to Nikola Tesla.

  27. The Order of the White Lion was awarded to Nikola Tesla from Czechoslovakia. Tesla received this medal on his birthday in 1937 in Hotel New Yorker

  28. Nikola Tesla Medals

  29. Nikola Tesla Medals

  30. Nikola Tesla Postal Stamps

  31. A Tribute to American Inventors Postal Stamps (1983)

  32. A Tribute to American Inventors Postal Stamps (1983)

  33. Nikola Tesla Postal Stamp from Ghana

  34. Nikola Tesla Postal Stamp from Ghana

  35. Nikola Tesla Postal Stamps from Yugoslavia

  36. Nikola Tesla Postal Stamp

  37. Nikola Tesla’s photo on Serbian Currency (Dinar). The Tesla Unit is also shown.

  38. King Nikola of Montenegro decorated Nikola Tesla With the “Order of Danilo” in 1895 after completing the Niagara Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant.

  39. Tesla was honored with an International Unit of Magnetic Flux Density called “Tesla” (T). All MRI machines around the world are calibrated in Tesla Units.

  40. Tesla was honored with an International Unit of Magnetic Flux Density called “Tesla” (T). All MRI machines around the world are calibrated in Tesla Units. The document below from International Electrotechnical Commission proclaimed the “Tesla Unit” in Munich, 1956.

  41. Nikola Tesla discovered robotics in 1898. Below is the model of the first remote control boat, Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Serbia.

  42. Nikola Tesla discovered robotics in 1898. Below is the first remote controlled vehicle which landed on Mars. Without Tesla’s work with radio waves this experiment would not be possible.

  43. Nikola Tesla discovered robotics in 1898. Below is the first remote controlled vehicle which landed on Mars. Without Tesla’s work with radio waves this experiment would not be possible.

  44. Nikola Tesla voted among the “Greatest American” candidates for the Discovery Channel.

  45. United Nations – “Nikola Tesla Day” on July 10 (Tesla’s Birthday) was proposed as an International Day of science, progress and brotherhood among all nations and religions around the world. The proposal was conducted by the Tesla Memorial Society of New York and Tesla Forum of Australia.

  46. United Nations – “Nikola Tesla Day” on July 10 (Tesla’s Birthday) was proposed as an International Day of science, progress and brotherhood among all nations and religions around the world. The proposal was conducted by the Tesla Memorial Society of New York and Tesla Forum of Australia.

  47. Letter from General Secretary, of the United Nations, Kofi Annan to the Tesla Memorial Society of New York regarding procedure to declare “Nikola Tesla Day”

  48. Nikola Tesla participated with his patents in the construction of the first big generators for polyphase currents as testified by the plate from one of the generators of the Niagara Plant (1895) which lists 13 of Tesla's patents, all used in the construction of Niagara Falls Power Plant.

  49. Niagara Falls Hydro-Electric Power Plant. Dr. LjuboVujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York by photo of "Adam's Plant"

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