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Nicola Tesla
Nicola Tesla
inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his
contributions to the design of the modern alternating current(AC) electricity supply system.
Tesla formed his own company, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing. Early investors
disagreed with his plans for the development of an alternating current motor and
eventually relieved of his position in the company. He worked as a laborer in New York
from 1886 to 1887 to maintain and raise capital for his next project. In 1887, he built the
first brushless induction motor, supplied with alternating current