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tesla
tesla (symbol T) SI unit of
magnetic flux density (the strength and extent of a magnetic field). It is equal to one
weber of magnetic flux per square metre, and is named after the Croatian-born US electrical engineer Nikola
Tesla.
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Nikola Tesla: the boy with electral dreams.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...afternoon in 1861, five-year-old Nikola Tesla was watching his mother cooking...fire and originality that made Nikola Tesla a great inventor. In the years...electric light bulb. But what about Nikola Tesla? Every day, we use his way of...
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The genius of Nikola Tesla.(The Right Perspective)(Biography)
Magazine article from: The New American; 7/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...also acknowledge the genius of Nikola Tesla. As Margaret Cheney and Robert...story of a genius--the enigmatic Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)--and his vast...revolutionary alternating current was Nikola Tesla. Hoar writes, "As late as 1903...
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Nikola Tesla's life achievements honored by the IEEE. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
PR Newswire; 2/3/1989; 700+ words
; NIKOLA TESLA'S LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS HONORED BY THE...electrical inventors and engineers, Nikola Tesla, was honored today at a ceremony held...again in 1975 when it established the Nikola Tesla Award, sponsored by the IEEE Power Engineering...
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The Cult Of The Volt.(Culture)(Nikola Tesla)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 3/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Jennie Yabroff Inventor Nikola Tesla didn't get much glory when he...discussing the Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla. The two hipsters are slouched...photo YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE: Nikola Tesla (above), posing in 1910 with...
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Tesla: Madly in love with science.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The Invention of Everything Else)(Nikola Tesla)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Yvonne Zipp Nikola Tesla's biography reads like something created by Jules...deliver, such as one where government agents spy on Tesla and take Louisa into custody. But in Nikola Tesla, Hunt has a character of such electric charm that...
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Nikola Tesla: genius, visionary, and eccentric. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Skeptical Inquirer; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; In the past decade or so, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) has become a name to...important as Thomas Edison's. Even Tesla's admirers don't seem to know exactly...for some there is no line at all. Tesla was one such rugged individualist with...
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Author Discusses His Novel About Inventor Nikola Tesla
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 12/4/1994; 700+ words
; ...electricity. No, not Thomas Edison. Nikola Tesla [sp]. TAD WEISS, Author: Well...order for the proper importance of Nikola Tesla to emerge, that some of the importance...some question as to whether, when Nikola Tesla would demonstrate some of his inventions...
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Opera Examines Life of Inventor Nikola Tesla
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 10/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Opera Examines Life of Inventor Nikola Tesla Host: IRA FLATOW Time: 15:00...the inventor and the opera. To Nikola Tesla's long list of accomplishments...SCOTT MURPHREE (Actor): (As Nikola Tesla) (Singing) Perhaps I was a little...
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Ericsson Nikola Tesla's new contract worth 30 MHRK.
News Wire article from: InPR; 9/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...and Herzegovina, and Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed a new contract for GSM technology...between BH Telecom and Ericsson Nikola Tesla and it marks continued network...continued cooperation between Ericsson Nikola Tesla and BH Telecom in mobile telephony...
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A wizard's vision of a wireless world.(Nikola Tesla)(Brief article)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...virtually wireless world. The inventor's name was Nikola Tesla. In some ways, Tesla would have been more at home in the year 2000 than...fidelity) connections wouldn't have surprised him. Tesla expected a future with shared wireless information...
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Nikola Tesla
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Nikola Tesla The Croatian-American inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) invented the induction...the rotating magnetic field principle. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia on July...
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Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943) Eccentric scientific genius...Carlstadt, Croatia. He graduated in 1873. Tesla was a student for four years at the Polytechnic...diametrically opposed in temperament and method. Tesla was a visionary who solved problems in a...
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Tesla, Nikola
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Tesla, Nikola (1856–1943) US electrical engineer and inventor, b. Croatia, who pioneered the applications of high-voltage electricity. He developed arc lighting, the first generator of alternating current (AC), and the high-frequency Tesla coil.
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Tesla
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...matter what was in vogue musically. ” Tesla came together in the Sacramento, California...during this period that they renamed themselves Tesla. The name was an homage to inventor Nikola Tesla, a forgotten genius who died in 1943. The...
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tesla
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
tesla (symbol T) The unit of magnetic flux density. It is defined as one weber of magnetic flux per square metre. It is named after the Croatian‐American physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). One tesla is equal to 10 4 gauss.
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