NIKOLA TESLA (Bibliography)

Nikola Tesla was born on July 10,

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.