Early Life
Nikola Tesla was born on this day.
What is July 10, 1856?
Tesla’s primary rival in the “War of the Currents” who championed Direct Current(DC).
Who is Thomas Edison?
This iconic electrical transformer circuit produces hig—voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating current electricity.
What is a Tesla coil?
Later in life, Tesla became a fixture in New York City parks, spending much of his time feeding and nursing these common urban birds.
What are pigeons?
This prominent financier funded Tesla’s ambitious transatlantic wireless telecommunications tower before pulling his support.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
Nikola Tesla was born in this modern-day European country (then part of the Austrian Empire).
What is Croatia?
The industrial and businessman who partnered with Tesla to build alternating current (AC) power plants.
Who is George Westinghouse?
Tesla’s work on high-voltage electrical discharge helped pave the way for neon lighting and this common residential tube light.
What is a fluorescent light?
While monitoring his radio receivers in Colorado, Tesla detected rhythmic static interference and famously believed he had intercepted signals from this planet.
What is Mars?
Tesla famously engaged in bitter, protracted legal battle with this Italian inventor over patents regarding the invention of radio.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
Fluent in multiple languages, Tesla could speak this total number of languages.
What is eight?
The massive natural wonder harnessed by Tesla’s generators to supply AC power to parts of New York State.
What is Niagara Falls?
At his Colorado Springs laboratory in 1899, Tesla produced artificial lightning bolts measuring up to this height.
What is 130 feet?
Tesla claimed he rarely slept more than this many hours per night, preferring continuous bursts of creative mental focus.
What is two hours?
Tesla passed away alone in his hotel room in this year during the height of WWII.
What is 1943?