All Inventions of Nikola Tesla
The scale of his contribution to science is immense. These are some most important inventions that affect our life and improve our lives.
1. Tesla coil
Probably Tesla’s most famous invention and certainly one of his most spectacular, the Tesla coil was a product of his ambition to create a system that could transmit electricity wirelessly.
2. Tesla turbine
Inspired by the emergent success of the piston engine in automobiles, Tesla decided to develop his own turbine-style engine. Also known as the boundary-layer turbine and cohesion-type turbine, Tesla’s turbine was distinct in its design. Unlike conventional turbines Tesla’s design was bladeless, instead employing smooth discs rotating in a chamber to generate movement.
3. Radio
In early 1895 Tesla was ready to send a radio signal 50 miles, from his lab at 33 and 35 South Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, to West Point, NY but disaster struck before his ground-breaking test could be completed: a building fire destroyed Tesla’s lab, taking his work with it. A year later, Marconi took out his first wireless telegram patent in England.
4. Magnifying transmitter
The magnifying transmitter was an expansion of his Tesla coil technology. Having set up a lab in Colorado Springs in 1899, he had the space and resources to create the biggest Tesla coil yet. He called this triple coil system the magnifying transmitter.
5. Induction motor
In this case, Tesla pipped the Italian inventor Galileo Ferraris, who developed the same technology at more or less the same time, to the post. Though Ferraris presented his concept of a motor that uses electromagnetic induction to spin its rotor first, Tesla filed his patents ahead of the Italian.
6. Alternating current
Arguably Tesla’s greatest contribution to humanity was his influence on the development of alternating current (AC).
8. The shadowgraph
Another area of Tesla’s research that was likely curtailed by the fire that destroyed his New York lab in 1895 relates to the emergence of X-ray technology.
Inspired by Röntgen’s X-ray, Tesla renewed his own interest and developed the Shadowgraph using a vacuum tube.
9. Neon lights
Tesla was in possession of several of Geißler’s tubes and observed that they lit up in succession as he adjusted the frequency of his coil. This chance discovery was a dramatic realization of his interest in wireless energy. In 1893, he displayed a selection of discharge lights that lit up without being powered by electrodes or wires at the Chicago World’s Fair.
10. Tesla valve
While Tesla is obviously better known for his work with electrical currents and circuits, the valve is an interesting example of his genius being applied to a different scientific field.
The device, which has no moving parts, features a series of interconnected teardrop-shaped loops that provide a clear path for the forward flow of liquid while limiting the speed of reverse flow.
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