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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). Caricature of the Serb-US physicist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. Tesla was educated at Graz and Prague, but in 1884 he emigrated to the USA. For a while he worked with Edison, but soon left to work on his own. He developed the alternating current (a.c.) induction motor, and helped advance a.c. power generation and transmission. He also worked on high-frequency a.c. currents, inventing the Tesla Coil, a transformer in which the primary and secondary coils are in resonance. He used it to create electric sparks 40 metres long, and in 1899 lit 200 electric lamps over 25 miles without wires. The SI unit of magnetic flux density is named for him
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This print showcases a comical caricature of Nikola Tesla, the brilliant Serbian-American physicist and electrical engineer. Born in 1856, Tesla received his education in Graz and Prague before immigrating to the United States in 1884. Initially collaborating with Thomas Edison, he soon embarked on his own path of innovation. One of his most significant contributions was the development of the alternating current (a. c. ) induction motor, which revolutionized power generation and transmission. Tesla's insatiable curiosity led him to explore high-frequency a. c. currents, resulting in the invention of the renowned Tesla Coil—a transformer that resonates between primary and secondary coils. With this device, he achieved awe-inspiring electric sparks measuring an astonishing 40 meters long. In an extraordinary demonstration in 1899, Tesla illuminated an impressive array of 200 electric lamps over a distance exceeding 25 miles without any wires. His groundbreaking work earned him numerous accolades and recognition within the scientific community. Notably, the SI unit for magnetic flux density is named after this remarkable inventor who left an indelible mark on history. In this portrait-style illustration from 1898 by Gary Brown/Science Photo Library, we see Tesla depicted against a white background with humorous exaggerations characteristic of caricatures. This artwork captures both his genius as well as his playful spirit—an embodiment of his profound impact on electricity and magnetism during one of science's most transformative eras.
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