The Tesla Turbine

1. Tesla Coil

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2. Shadowgraph

Tesla developed the Tesla coil, a type of electrical transformer, in 1891. It is a high-frequency, high-voltage coil that is frequently used in radio and television technologies as well as in educational demonstrations of electrical phenomena. It is capable of producing spectacular electrical discharges, such as sparkles and arcs that resemble lightning. A primary coil and a secondary coil are the two basic components of the Tesla coil. The secondary coil is often formed of many turns of thin wire coiled around a hollow, high-voltage insulating material, such as a glass or ceramic cylinder....

3. Neon Lighting

The shadowgraph is a device that was invented by Nikola Tesla in the late 19th century. Shadowgraph was a tool for visualizing and analyzing moving objects since it could create a shadow image of an object. In other words, the shadowgraph was a high-speed camera that could snap several pictures quickly. In order to create a shadow image of the object in motion, the shots that caught the object’s motion were then projected onto a screen. It became a very helpful tool for scientists and engineers because of the ability to view an object’s movement and change in real-time....

4. Alternating Current (AC)

Nikola Tesla discovered that a neon gas-filled tube produces a strong, visible light when an electric current is sent through it in 1910. In 1915 he applied for a patent for its neon lighting system, which was approved in 1925. Tesla’s demonstration of neon lighting was a critical step towards the commercialization of neon lighting and a significant turning point in the development of gas-discharge lighting. In his first demonstration, Tesla utilized a tiny glass tube filled with neon gas, which he lit up using a high-voltage electrical current....

5. Radio Control Boats

The invention of alternating current (AC) was a major breakthrough in the field of electrical power generation and distribution. An alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction. Unlike direct current (DC), which flows in one direction, AC changes direction 50 or 60 times per second, depending on the country. The invention of alternating current allowed for the transmission of electrical power over long distances, which was not possible with direct current....

6. The Tesla Turbine

Nikola Tesla is credited with the invention of radio-controlled boats, also known as remote-controlled boats. In 1898 Tesla demonstrated his invention of a radio-controlled boat at an exhibition in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The boat was equipped with a radio transmitter and receiver, which allowed it to be controlled wirelessly from a remote location. The boat could be steered and controlled by the operator, who used a small hand-held device to send commands to the boat....

7. Radio

Nikola Tesla created the Tesla Turbine, a type of bladeless turbine. The Tesla Turbine produces power instead of conventional turbines by rotating a set of smooth discs on a shaft that requires blades. Compared to conventional turbines, this turbine is more efficient thanks to this distinctive design, which has fewer parts and reduced friction. The Tesla Turbine operates on the principle of boundary layer separation, by passing a fluid, such as air or water, through the discs and creating a pressure difference between their front and rear....

8. Hydroelectric Power

The advancement of wireless technology was significantly aided by Tesla’s work on radio transmission, and he is regarded as one of the field’s forerunners. Tesla’s work on the radio was a rapid expansion of Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi’s work, who is a commonly recognized inventor of the radio. In the late 1890s, Marconi submitted a number of patent applications for his radio system. He later commercialized radio technology and established the first distant radio connection in 1901....

9. Induction Motor

Tesla had a keen interest in using water to create electricity and so he envisioned a device that might capture the kinetic energy of water falling to produce electricity. He put out a scheme in 1895 to use Niagara Falls’ energy to create an electrical transmission network. In order to control the flow of electricity, he developed and built a number of generators and turbines that were erected at the base of the falls....

10. Magnifying Transmitter

The induction motor, also known as an asynchronous motor, is a type of electric motor that works on the principle of electromagnetic induction. Nikola Tesla is credited with the invention of the induction motor in the late 1880s. The basic design of an induction motor consists of a rotor (the rotating part) and a stator (the stationary part). The stator has a series of coils that carry alternating current (AC) and create a rotating magnetic field. The rotor has a magnetic core with conductors that are short-circuited by a set of brushes....