Tesla's Inventions
What was Tesla's field of work?
Electricity.
Which country was Nikola Tesla from?
Austrian Empire / Croatia.
What did Edison and Tesla argue over?
Forms of electrical current
In which country was Edison born?
America.
Did Edison make the first light bulb?
No, he made the first commercially available light bulb.
What was Teslas first invention?
A Telephone Amplifier.
What did the FBI do after Tesla's death?
They seized all of his belongings.
Who won the "War on Currents"?
Nikola Tesla.
New Jersey.
What was the big brand that Edison co-founded that is a Fortune 500 business today?
General Electric.
What form of electricity did Tesla propose?
Alternating Current (AC).
What was Tesla's first job?
Chief Electrician at the Budapest Telephone Exchange.
Which form of current travels further?
Alternating Current (AC)
What was Edison's first job?
Telegraph Operator.
What form of electricity did Edison propose?
Direct Current (DC).
What was the first invention that Tesla proposed to Edison?
Arc Lighting.
At what age did Tesla fall ill and for how long?
17, 9 months.
What did Edison do in public as a smear campaign against Tesla?
He electrocuted animals.
What incident happened to Edison when he was 15 that earned him his first job?
He rescued a boy from a train.
How much was Western Union's purchase of the 4-way telegraph worth today?
$260,000.
What is a very famous invention by Tesla that produces arcs of electricity over a very short distance?
The Tesla Coil.
At what age did Tesla become a US citizen?
35.
Who invested in Edison and who invested in Tesla?
J.P Morgan / Vanderbilt
J.P Morgan / Westinghouse
At what company did Edison work last, before he became a full time inventor?
Western Union.
Who obtained the first patent for a lightbulb?
Joseph Swan.