The Serbian-American engineer whose polyphase alternating current system, licensed to Westinghouse, won the war of currents and became the way the world moves electricity. His induction motor of 1888 turned AC from a lighting curiosity into industrial power, and the Niagara Falls plant of 1895 proved the system at continental scale.
Facts
Birth DateTesla was born at midnight between 9 and 10 July 1856; some sources cite 9 July for this reason. Defining ContributionThe polyphase alternating current system and induction motor 1 Connections
Associated With
The polyphase alternating current system is the form the grid still takes.
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Milestones Credited
The polyphase system the plant used was licensed from the Tesla patents.
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