Tesla Timeline
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Updated: 24 Feb 2020
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Created byToby Mosby
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Nikola Tesla BornNikala Tesla DiedBrother died in an accidentRecovers from illness; invents alternating currentWorked for EdisonQuits working for Edison after he cheated him for $50kApplied for patent on alternating current lampWestinghouse sets up first AC power stationTesla's company files patents for generating, transmitting and using ACAC Patents granted for lampPatents Tesla CoilFirst person dies in AC electric chairTesla gives up AC patent royaltiesBecame US citizenNiagara Falls power station operationalTesla lit up world fairFire destroys his laboratoryDemonstrates first RC boatOpens new laboratoryBecomes obsessed with feeding and caring for pigeonsWrites scientific paper describing death rayFBI agents and other officials seize most of Tesla's modelsPatent for "flivver" planeTesla starts two new companiesPatent for tuning radioPatent reversal, granting radio to MarconiApplies for radio patentsReceives radio patent (temporarily)Periods
Chose to dig ditches for a livingWW1 1914-1918WW2 1939-1945Great Depression
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