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  1. Nov 9, 2009 · In 1887 and 1888 he was granted more than 30 patents for his inventions and invited to address the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on his work. ... Westinghouse hired Tesla, licensed ...

  2. Karen Garvin. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was a Serbian American inventor whose major works included designing and building an alternating current (AC) induction motor and developing and promoting a workable AC power distribution system. His interests ran the gamut from alternating current and motors to wireless power and communication, radio ...

  3. Nikola Tesla. On May 1, 1888, U.S. Patent No.: 381,968 for "Electro Magnetic Motor" issued to Nikola Tesla. In the patent, Tesla disclosed the construction of his alternating current (AC) motor, which is considered one of the most important inventions of all time. While the '968 patent is often referred to as being the patent for the first ...

  4. Made: 1887-1888 in United States. inventor: Nikola Tesla. Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton. The induction motor is the most widely used form of electric motor because it is simple and robust. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), who was born in Croatia but worked in America, made the first practical induction motors.

  5. In 1884, Tesla came to the United States and joined the Edison Machine Works as a dynamo designer. In 1887 and 1888 Tesla had an experimental shop at 89 Liberty Street, New York, and there he invented the induction motor. He sold the invention to Westinghouse in July 1888 and spent a year in Pittsburgh instructing Westinghouse engineers.

  6. Jan 30, 2020 · Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856–January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, and futurist. As the holder of nearly 300 patents, Tesla is best known for his role in developing the modern three-phase alternating current (AC) electric power supply system and for his invention of the Tesla coil, an early advancement in the ...

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  8. ELECTRICAL DEVICES ADVANCED by leaps and bounds in the 1880s, which saw the first commercial generation in centralized power plants, the first durable lightbulbs, the first transformers, and the first (limited) urban grids. But for most of the decade, advances in electric motors lagged behind.

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