NIKOLA TESLA

"THE UNRECOGNIZED GENUIS“

[1855-1943]
 ORGIN
• Nikola Tesla was born in Serbian village
"SIMLIJAN" on 10th July 1856 in the priest family.

The Midwife thought the violent storm was a

Bad omen and declared A child of darkness.
 FAMILY TREE

MILUTIN TESL A DUKA MANDIC MILKA ANGELINA MARICA

[PARENTS] [THREE SISTERS]

[HIS PARENTS] [THREE SISTERS]

 NIKOLA'S BROTHER
In the year 1863, when Nikola was 5 years old his
brother Dane Tesla died due to the horse riding accident.
DANIEL TESLA

In 1863,moved to nearby Gospic,

where Tesla’s father worked as a parish priest .
 LIFESTYLE OF NIKOLA TESLA
• Nikola's father wanted him to become a priest but Nikola wanted to become an
engineering, so he moved to similijan.
• He went to Austria to study at the technical college of Graz.
• He used to work from 3am to 11pm because of which the professors thought that he
would die from exhaustion.
• He could perform calcus in his head and spoke 8 languages
• But was unable to finish school since he got addicted to
gambling.
 EDISON'S MACHINE WORK
[COMPANY]
In 1884 Tesla's manager offered him a work in
n New York city, America.
After 7 years, in 1891 he became a naturalized
citizen. He soon came in contact with the
c company's
owner Thomas Edison because he
had completed the assigned task perfectly.
 DIRECT AND ALTERNATING
CURRENT
 WAR OF CURRENTS
 Sometimes called the battle of currents
• Dc was invented by Edison. Tesla thought of re-engineering Edison’s Dc
generators since he thought that they were wholly unsuited to the job.
• Recognizing AC generators superiority Tesla suggested that they are the
competing technology.
•Since Edison had only dc patents he did not accept AC invention by Tesla
• Later Tesla thought of opening a new company
and since he didn’t have enough fund so he went
on digging works and earned 2dollars per day.
 WAR OF CURRENTS
• George Westinghouse joined the battle, with Tesla’s advancements at his
disposal He believed in Tesla’s invention and stuck up a deal with his
patents.
• Tesla and George together won for ac generators
 TESLA'S INVENTION
• Modern Lighting
• X-rays
• Radio
• Remote control
• Electric motor
• Robotics
• Lasers
• Wireless Communications and Limitless Free Energy
• Long-Range Wireless Energy Transfer
• Tesla’s Oscillator
 TESLA'S DEATH
Tesla died of heart attack alone in the room 3327 of the new York hotel on
7th January,1943. And was found by a maid the following day.

Despite having sold his AC patents,

Tesla died with significant debts.
later that year the US supreme court
upheld Tesla's patent no. 645576 in a
ruling that served patented radio tech.
in united states.
 CONCLUSION
• Nikola Tesla was the last Renaissance figure of the modern era.
• Nikola Tesla and his inventions changed lives for ever.
• The main reason he was not famous because he wasn't a capitalist.
• He wasn't concerned about money.
• He was concerned about pursuit of science for the betterment of
humanity.
• It's because of tesla that modern society functions the way it does.
THANK YOU!