Nikola Tesla

(noun)

(July 10, 1856–January 7, 1943) A Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist who was an important contributor to the use of commercial electricity, and is best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system.

Related Terms

Examples of Nikola Tesla in the following topics:

  • Magnitude of the Magnetic Force

    • The SI unit for magnitude of the magnetic field strength is called the tesla (T) in honor of the brilliant and eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), who made great contributions to our understanding of magnetic fields and their practical applications.
    • To determine how the tesla relates to other SI units, we solve $F=qvBsin(\theta )$ for $B$:

  • Education and the Professions

    • Westinghouse was supported by Nikola Tesla, who developed alternating current long distance transmission networks.

  • The Inventions of the Telephone and Electricity

    • George Westinghouse became an adversary of Edison when he promoted the direct current (DC) for electric power distribution instead of the more easily transmitted alternating current (AC) system invented by Nikola Tesla and promoted by Westinghouse.

  • Induced EMF and Magnetic Flux

    • where B is the magnitude of the magnetic field (having the unit of Tesla, T), A is the area of the surface, and θ is the angle between the magnetic field lines and the normal (perpendicular) to A.

  • Electric Motors

    • where F is the force (in newtons, N), I is the current in the wire (in amperes, A), L is the length of the wire that is in the magnetic field (in m), and B is the magnetic field strength (in teslas, T).

  • Introduction

    • The international unit for magnetic flux is the tesla (T).