Nikola Tesla 1856 -1943
Tesla invented AC Power - NOT!
Nikola Tesla was born in 1856
1821 The homopolar motor was the first electrical motor to be built by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in London.
1831 Electromagnetic induction demonstrated by Michael Faraday
1832, French instrument maker Hippolyte Pixii generated a crude form of alternating current when he designed and built the first alternator.
In June 1884, Tesla emigrated to the United States
1886 first AC transformer based lighting systems in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in March 1886 In November 1885 electrical engineer William Stanley, Jr., a sometimes Great Barrington resident working for George Westinghouse, began installing a demonstration transformer based alternating current lighting system.
1891 - Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Colorado, built by Westinghouse Electric was the world's first commercial system to produce and transmit alternating current (AC) electricity for industrial use and one of the first AC hydro-electric plants ever constructed.
The Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, constructed in 1890 near Ophir, Colorado, was the world's first commercial system to produce and transmit alternating current (AC) electricity for industrial use and one of the first AC hydro-electric plants ever constructed. It became operational in 1891 and was built by Westinghouse Electric around two of their large alternators.
I cringe every time I hear someone say “Google it.” #Myths #Legends #FakeNews http://questy.com/content/truth-consensus-and-myths-and-legends-created-internet
FBI conspiracy theories according to the cult of Nikola Tesla #Myths #Legends #FakeNews http://questy.com/content/fbi-conspiracy-theories-and-lost-files-nikola-tesla
Delusional inventors plagued by conspiracies #Myths #Legends #FakeNews http://questy.com/content/weird-science-behind-conspiracy-theories-and-urban-legends
What's behind the cult following for Nikola Tesla? #Myths #Legends #FakeNews http://questy.com/content/why-nikola-tesla-has-become-cult-hero
What are Nikola Tesla's best inventions? https://www.quora.com/What-are-Nikola-Teslas-best-inventions
What is the evidence that Nikola Tesla invented the light bulb and some other things? https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-evidence-that-Nikola-Tesla-invented-the-light-bulb-and-some-other-things
Nikola Tesla developed polyphase alternating current
Rotating Magnetic Field (1882)
AC Motor (1883):
Of course Nikola Tesla didn’t invent light itself, but he did invent how light can be harnessed and distributed.
The ongoing myth that Tesla was unappreciated compared to his peers: Why is Nikola Tesla generally considered to be the most underrated scientist and inventor of all times? https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Nikola-Tesla-generally-considered-to-be-the-most-underrated-scientist-and-inventor-of-all-times
Despite the Title, Discovery's New Series Tesla's Death Ray Manages to Make Its Subject a Bore https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/despite-the-title-discoverys-new-series-teslas-dea.html
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Where we now know more about Tesla’s life, there’s still a mystery surrounding how he died. We got to see behind that mystery’s curtain in September 2016 when the FBI, declassified some 250+ files on the death of Nikola Tesla. Tesla died in a New York hotel and had his safe raided, his journals and files snatched up. The FBI files reveal that Tesla had an invention he was working on was called the Death Ray.
==== What idiots saying Edison killed Tesla, Edison died more than a decade before Tesla
FBI Finally Releases Tesla Documents on Death Ray, Ball Lightning and More http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fbi-finally-releases-tesla-documents-death-ray-ball-lightning/
In 2016, the FBI declassified 250 documents that provided new insight into Tesla’s work and final days.
https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla
Discovery Channel Headed to Colorado for New Television Series https://www.outtherecolorado.com/discovery-channel-headed-colorado-new-television-series/
==== “I don't believe anything they say about me on the internet” - Nikola Tesla
“Don't believe anything they say about me on the internet” - Nikola Tesla
You will often see answers to questions on Quora start with the thought: “Before you ask why, ask if …”
In the same mindset, there are many questions asking what famous people meant when they uttered various phrases. First and foremost, before you ask what they meant, it should be important to establish the fact that the famous person in question actually made the statement. There are endless websites that list famous quotes, seldom do they list a reference for the quote. It is all part of the frustrating part of the internet known as truth by consensus. If a dozen well know websites list a famous quote, who am I to question whether or not they actually said it.
Besides establishing the person actually made the statement, it helps to know when and where it was said, to give the quote some context. One line out of context can be interpreted many ways. But one line when read as part of a speech now has a greater meeting.
One famous example of where a few simple words have a much greater meaning when you understand the circumstances is when President Ronald Reagan said the simple phrase, “Tear down this wall!” in West Berlin on June 12, 1987. That simple phrase became symbolic of the decline of the Soviet Union. President Reagan was calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the wall which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961.
As someone who is asked many questions about Nikola Tesla, I am often asked to explain things Tesla allegedly said. One “famous” quote by Tesla I see often is “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe.” On one question on Quora I see people going through elaborate discussions of the relationship of the numbers 3, 6, and 9, and come up with theories what Tesla meant, if he had indeed made that statement. In all my searches I have yet to find any quote by Tesla that specifically mentions the phrase, “3, 6 and 9.”
In terms of the key to the universe, there is another quote often attributed to Tesla is, “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” It is another example of something published often on pages of cool sayings and famous quotes, but the quotes are never referenced as to when and where it was said. I have gone through dozens of websites that will sell me cool posters with this phrase on them, but I am looking for the time and place these words were said by Tesla.
There is another question where I am asked if Tesla was right when he said, “the day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” I could come up with a wild guess of what Tesla might have meant if he actually said those words. I would really like to find a source of the orginal phrase from some transcript dating back to the time of Tesla, not a modern website written by a follower of Tesla.
Three of my most popular answers on Quora deal with Einstein's opinion of Nikola Tesla. The story is often told that when Einstein was asked how it felt to be the smartest man on Earth, Einstein replied, “I wouldn't know. Ask Nikola Tesla”. I have seen the quote often, and have searched for its origin, and have yet to find it.
I make a very serious attempt to reference every famous quote for a source and put the thought into context.
Shirley you can't be serious? I am serious… And don't call me Shirley.
Back in the good old days we used to add “Question that contains assumptions” as a topic to the question. Somehow this option got removed although it is shockingly common for people to assume nonsense and then ask why the nonsense would be the case. We had to come up with an alternative. Therefore “Before you ask why, ask if …” is a very polite way of saying “Your assumptions are bullshit and therefore your question is bullshit, too.”
Airplane!’s Creators Reveal the Origins of ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’ http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/airplane-dont-call-me-shirley.html
http://www.geekhistory.com/content/nikola-tesla-legacy-most-interesting-geek-world –> Change the area where Tesla invented radio –> Wardenclyffe New York 1901 –> Add section on “Free Energy” –> The wild and crazy later years –> Add section on “the death beam”
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