Dr.

Haider Al-Mumen
University of Babylon

Nikola Tesla
(July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943)
Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical
engineer and futurist who is best known for his
contributions to the design of the modern alternating
current (AC) supply system.
He studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without
receiving a degree, but he gained practical experience. He
immigrated in 1884 to the United States and got
citizenship. Then, he worked for a short time at the Edison
company in New York City. With the help of partners to
finance and market his ideas, Tesla set up
laboratories and companies in New York to
develop a range of electrical and mechanical
devices. He hold several patents for inventing
of alternating current (AC), induction motor and
related polyphase AC.

Tesla conducted a range of experiments with AC

generators, electric discharge tubes, and early X-
ray imaging. He also built a wireless-controlled
boat, one of the first ever exhibited.
Throughout the 1890s, Tesla pursued his ideas for
wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric
power distribution in his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments in New
York. In 1893, he made pronouncements on the possibility of wireless
communication with his devices. Tesla tried to put these ideas to practical use in
his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project, an intercontinental wireless
communication and power transmitter, but he could not complete it due to funding
ran out.
In 1960, the General Conference on Weights and Measures named the SI
unit of magnetic flux density the Tesla in his honor.
Dr. Haider Al-Mumen
University of Babylon

Thomas Edison
(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
Edison was an American inventor and businessman who
has been described as America's greatest inventor. He
developed many devices in fields such as electric dc power
generation, sound recording (phonograph), and motion
pictures (video camera), and light bulb. These inventions
have had a widespread impact on the
modern industrialized world.
He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of
organized science and teamwork to the process of
invention. Working with many researchers and employees,
he established the first
industrial research laboratory.
Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and
grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. Early
in his career he worked as a telegraph
operator, which inspired some of his
earliest inventions.
In 1876, he established his first
laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New
Jersey, where many of his early
inventions were developed. He later
established a botanic laboratory in Fort Myers,
Florida in collaboration with
businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey
Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange,
New Jersey that featured the world's first film
studio, the Black Maria.
Edison was a prolific inventor, holding
1,093 US patents in his name, as well as
patents in other countries.