Nikola Tesla Research Paper
Ryan Gemmell
ENG201 – 12pm
Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) Growing up in America, most children will learn about the history of electricity, telephones, engines, and other mechanical inventions. Almost everybody has heard of Benjamin Franklin and his discovery using lightening and a kite, Thomas Edison manufacturing the first plausible indoor light bulb, and other revolutionary discoveries. Unfortunately, here in the US, a Belgian mastermind that helped to shape the modern technological world is quite staggeringly less heard of. Nikola Tesla made some of the most ground breaking discoveries in scientific history, his findings and patents are still being researched today and have recently been proven useful and innovative for even the most …show more content…
Some believe the financial struggle and emotional breakdowns could have been due to the slight OCD he may have had (Bailey 56). However, then ten years prior were still long enough for Tesla to develop a significant legacy which helped him continue his studies in later years. The end of the 19th century consisted of developments like the first remote controlled toy boat (Marshal 523), and a magical display of 200 lights in Colorado Springs light up wirelessly for the first time (McCray 563). In the beginning of the 1900’s before the temporary failure, Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) celebrated a temporary victory in the radio transmission world by sending a signal all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, Tesla was busy building the famous WardenClyffe tower to be the first with a home completely powered by wireless transmission, John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) stopping his funding to the project was what really initiated the breakdown of Tesla (Bailey …show more content…
In the last year on his life, Tesla unveiled a secret “teleforce” weapon to the government that was ignored at the time, and in 1993 the United States actually began researching the project. Shortly after dying in his sleep in 1943, it was proved that Marconi even used Tesla’s designs in his transmission of the signal across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, in the 21st century, we do celebrate Tesla’s life more than in the past. The unit of measure magnetic field strength is known as the Tesla (T), and the Nikola Tesla Museum of Science was built in Belgrade, Serbia (Berardinis 7). Although his success is becoming more known, everything Tesla believed should be researched much more closely, and children growing up should be taught more of his findings. Many credible scientists today believe that the financial failure of Tesla could have halted the potential for a complete revolution in electronics, magnetics, and radio transmission. It is very possible that with the technologies of the 21st century and the proper funding, Tesla’s research could lead to such a
ENG201 – 12pm
Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) Growing up in America, most children will learn about the history of electricity, telephones, engines, and other mechanical inventions. Almost everybody has heard of Benjamin Franklin and his discovery using lightening and a kite, Thomas Edison manufacturing the first plausible indoor light bulb, and other revolutionary discoveries. Unfortunately, here in the US, a Belgian mastermind that helped to shape the modern technological world is quite staggeringly less heard of. Nikola Tesla made some of the most ground breaking discoveries in scientific history, his findings and patents are still being researched today and have recently been proven useful and innovative for even the most …show more content…
Some believe the financial struggle and emotional breakdowns could have been due to the slight OCD he may have had (Bailey 56). However, then ten years prior were still long enough for Tesla to develop a significant legacy which helped him continue his studies in later years. The end of the 19th century consisted of developments like the first remote controlled toy boat (Marshal 523), and a magical display of 200 lights in Colorado Springs light up wirelessly for the first time (McCray 563). In the beginning of the 1900’s before the temporary failure, Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) celebrated a temporary victory in the radio transmission world by sending a signal all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, Tesla was busy building the famous WardenClyffe tower to be the first with a home completely powered by wireless transmission, John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) stopping his funding to the project was what really initiated the breakdown of Tesla (Bailey …show more content…
In the last year on his life, Tesla unveiled a secret “teleforce” weapon to the government that was ignored at the time, and in 1993 the United States actually began researching the project. Shortly after dying in his sleep in 1943, it was proved that Marconi even used Tesla’s designs in his transmission of the signal across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, in the 21st century, we do celebrate Tesla’s life more than in the past. The unit of measure magnetic field strength is known as the Tesla (T), and the Nikola Tesla Museum of Science was built in Belgrade, Serbia (Berardinis 7). Although his success is becoming more known, everything Tesla believed should be researched much more closely, and children growing up should be taught more of his findings. Many credible scientists today believe that the financial failure of Tesla could have halted the potential for a complete revolution in electronics, magnetics, and radio transmission. It is very possible that with the technologies of the 21st century and the proper funding, Tesla’s research could lead to such a