1856, in what is now Smiljan, Croatia. Tesla's interest in electrical invention was spurred by his mother, Djuka Mandic, who invented small household appliances in her spare time while her son was growing up. Tesla's father, Milutin Tesla, was a priest and a writer, and he pushed for his son to join the priesthood. In 1884 Tesla arrived the United States with little more than the clothes on his back and a letter of introduction to famed inventor and business mogul Thomas Edison, whose DC-based electrical works were fast becoming the standard in the country. Edison hired Tesla, and the two men were soon working tirelessly alongside each other, making improvements to Edison's inventions. Tesla's AC system eventually caught the attention of American engineer and business man George Westinghouse, who was seeking a solution to supplying the nation with long-distance power. Convinced that Tesla's inventions would help him achieve this, in 1888 he purchased his patents for $60,000 in cash and stock in the Westinghouse Corporation. As interest in an alternating-current system grew, Tesla and Westinghouse were put in direct competition with Thomas Edison, who was intent on selling his direct-current system to the nation. A negative-press campaign was soon waged by Edison, in an attempt to undermine interest in AC power. Tesla, for his part, continued in his work and would patent several more inventions during this period, including the "Tesla coil," which laid the foundation for wireless technologies and is still used in radio technology today.
NIKOLA TESLA (Bibliografa)
Nikola Tesla naci el 10 de julio de 1856, en lo que ahora es Smiljan, Croacia. El inters de Tesla en electricidad invencin fue estimulado por su madre, Djuka Mandic, quien invent aparatos electrodomsticos pequeos en su tiempo libre mientras que su hijo estaba creciendo. El padre de Tesla, Milutin Tesla, era un sacerdote y escritor, y l empuj a su hijo a unirse al sacerdocio. En 1884 Tesla lleg a Estados Unidos con poco ms que la ropa en la espalda y una carta de presentacin para el famoso inventor y el magnate dueo de Thomas Edison, cuya obra elctrica basados en corriente continua se est convirtiendo rpidamente en la norma en el pas. Edison contrat a Tesla, y los dos hombres fueron pronto trabajando sin descanso al lado de otra, hacer mejoras a los inventos de Edison Sistema de corriente alterna de Tesla finalmente llam la atencin del ingeniero y hombre de negocios americano George Westinghouse, que buscaba una solucin al abastecimiento de la nacin con energa a larga distancia. Convencido de que los inventos de Tesla le ayudaran a lograr este objetivo, en 1888 se compr sus patentes por $ 60.000 en efectivo y acciones en la Westinghouse Corporation. Como el inters en un sistema de corriente alterna creci, Tesla y Westinghouse fueron puestos en competencia directa con Thomas Edison, que tena la intencin de vender su sistema de corriente continua a la nacin. Una campaa negativaprensa pronto fue librada por Edison, en un intento de socavar inters por la energa de corriente alterna. Tesla, por su parte, continu en su trabajo y patentaran varios inventos ms durante este perodo, incluyendo la "bobina de Tesla", que sent las bases de las tecnologas inalmbricas y todava se utiliza en la tecnologa de radio de hoy.