Academic literature on the topic 'Tesla, Nikola [1856-1943]'

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) fue un inventor serbio naturalizado en Estados Unidos en 1884. A pesar de que se ha convertido en uno de los genios olvidados de nuestra era, y considerado uno de los 10 hombres más inteligentes de la historia, fue Nikola Tesla el inventor del mundo moderno. Fue Tesla quien hizo el trabajo que creó los fundamentos para la tecnología moderna con sus más de 700 patentes. Si alguien cambió la calidad de vida de la humanidad de forma radical, fue Tesla.

Introduction. Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) was a genius inventor and scientist, whose contribution to medicine is remarkable. Part I of this article reviewed special contributions of the world renowned scientist to the establishment of radiology as a new discipline in medicine. This paper deals with the use of Tesla currents in medicine. Tesla Currents in Medicine. Tesla?s greatest impact on medicine is his invention of a transformer (Tesla coil) for producing high frequency and high voltage currents (Tesla currents). Tesla currents are used in diathermy, as they, while passing through the body, transform electrical energy into a therapeutic heat. In 1891, Tesla passed currents through his own body and was the first to experience their beneficial effects. He kept correspondence on electrotherapy with J. Dugan and S. H. Monell. In 1896, he used high frequency currents and designed an ozone generator for producing ozone, with powerful antiseptic and antibacterial properties. Tesla is famous for his extensive experiments with mechanical vibrations and resonance, examining their effects on the organism and pioneering their use for medical purposes. Tesla also designed an oscillator to relieve fatigue of the leg muscles. It is less known that Tesla?s inventions (Tesla coil and wireless remote control) are widely used in modern medical equipment. Apart from this, wireless technology is nowadays widely applied in numerous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Conclusion. Nikola Tesla was the last Renaissance figure of the modern era. Tesla bridged three centuries and two millennia by his inventions, and permanently indebted human-kind by his epochal discoveries.

Kulling, Monica. ZAP! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Tundra Books, 2016.In this, her ninth contribution to Tundra Books’ Great Ideas Series, prolific children’s author Monica Kulling distills and simplifies the life and inventions of immigrant engineer and scientist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) for primary school readers. Confining her story to the first half of Tesla’s long life, from his humble origins in Slovenia (then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), to his achievements as nineteenth-century America’s foremost electrical engineering genius, Kulling has maintained a manageable length compatible with the attention span of her audience.The rivalry between Tesla and his one-time patron and employer, Thomas Edison, over the suitability of alternating versus direct electrical current (AC vs. DC) is described without exposing all the sordid details of their rivalry. The story then quickly moves on to Tesla’s partnership with George Westinghouse to illuminate the 1892-93 Chicago world’s fair site, and to build the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, employing alternating current, a system that allowed electricity to be transmitting over greater distances more cheaply and efficiently than Edison’s rival system. Kulling ends her story in 1898, when Tesla demonstrated a model boat controlled by radio waves, an invisible force that he suggested might also be used for wireless communication, a concept soon made real by radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi.Apart from an anachronistic use of the word “robot,” Kulling’s text is historically and scientifically accurate, clearly written, and age-appropriate, without being condescending. Bill Slavin’s illustrations are nicely evocative of the late nineteenth-century buildings and workshops, and are scaled large enough for story-hour readings to groups of children.Reviewer: Merrill DistadHighly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsMerrill Distad is Associate University Librarian (Research and Special Collections Services) and University Archivist, University of Alberta, and is the co-editor of Peel’s Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953 (Toronto, 2003). He is the author, most recently, of The University of Alberta Library: The First Hundred Years, 1908–2008 (Edmonton, 2009).

The turbine, invented by Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), is a bladeless turbine. Tesla disc turbine and a flexible test rig have been designed and manufactured, and experimental results are presented. An analysis of the performance and efficiency of the disc turbine is carried out. The design philosophy of the flexible test rig has been explained. Notice that there are no blades whatsoever – parallel, closely spaced discs used. Resistance to fluid flow between the plates results in energy transfer to the shaft. High velocity water enters the disk pack through inlet nozzle path tangent to the outer edge of the discs. Convergent nozzle imparts high velocity water jet tangentially on disc thickness. Lower-energy water spirals toward the central exit port, adhesion, drag and centrifugal forces continue to convert kinetic energy to shaft rotational power. The results of the study represent the step towards development boundary layer turbine. It has been determined that surface roughness and spacing affects the performance of the multiple disc turbines significantly. Efficiency may be improved at least up to 45%, which has been deemed achievable by Professor Warren Rice [2].

The turbine, invented by Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), is a bladeless turbine. Tesla disc turbine and a flexible test rig have been designed and manufactured, and experimental results are presented. An analysis of the performance and efficiency of the disc turbine is carried out. The design philosophy of the flexible test rig has been explained. Notice that there are no blades whatsoever – parallel, closely spaced discs used. Resistance to fluid flow between the plates results in energy transfer to the shaft. High velocity water enters the disk pack through inlet nozzle path tangent to the outer edge of the discs. Convergent nozzle imparts high velocity water jet tangentially on disc thickness. Lower-energy water spirals toward the central exit port, adhesion, drag and centrifugal forces continue to convert kinetic energy to shaft rotational power. The results of the study represent the step towards development boundary layer turbine. It has been determined that surface roughness and spacing affects the performance of the multiple disc turbines significantly. Efficiency may be improved at least up to 45%, which has been deemed achievable by Professor Warren Rice [2].

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This dissertation investigates the status of autobiographical writing for Nikola Tesla (1856- 1943). Not the dawn of the twentieth century, this Serbian-American inventor threw himself into the autobiographical enterprise. In it is present Tesla's eagerness for recognition as a "great inventor" who he believed to be. Its trajectory was characterized by the passage of the glorious moment that it experienced in the scientific community to the process of ostracism in which it was. His decline was not only financial or professional, but especially existential, since his time was what made sense to his life. Convinced of the excellence of his work, Nikola Tesla built an autobiography project, conceived as a concept of perception of the importance of his inventions to the world. For him, only the ideal inventors, who participate that the class of "exceptionally privileged class" would guard the world from eminent destruction. The autobiography was used as a model for Tesla to transform a conception of people, altering the existing world and turning it into an ideal place where its actualization is not more serious through writing, but through its inventions, its main purpose would consist of Safeguard a humanity from the catastrophe. The autobiographical writing was perceived by Nikola Tesla as a resource to transform the existing world, and to resurface as an ideal inventor.
Essa dissertação investiga o estatuto da escrita autobiográfica para Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). No alvorecer do século XX, esse inventor sérvio-estadunidense se lançou ao empreendimento autobiográfico. Nele é presente a ânsia de Tesla por um reconhecimento enquanto o “grande inventor” que acreditava ser. Sua trajetória foi caracterizada pela passagem do momento glorioso que experimentou na comunidade científica ao processo de ostracismo no qual se encontrava, no momento da escrita. Seu declínio não foi apenas financeiro ou profissional, mas sobretudo existencial, já que seu ofício era o que fornecia sentido para sua vida. Convicto da excelência de seu trabalho, Nikola Tesla construiu um projeto autobiográfico destinado a alterar as concepções correntes responsáveis por impossibilitar a percepção da importância de suas invenções para o mundo. Para ele, só os inventores ideais, que participavam do que denomina de “ classe excepcionalmente privilegiada” resguardaria o mundo da destruição eminente. A autobiografia foi utilizada como meio para Tesla transformar a concepção das pessoas, alterando o mundo existente e o transformando em um lugar ideal aonde sua atuação não mais seria por meio da escrita, mas sim através de suas invenções, cuja principal finalidade consistiria em resguardar a humanidade da catástrofe. A escrita autobiográfica foi percebida por Nikola Tesla como recurso para ele transformar o mundo existente, e ressurgir enquanto um inventor ideal

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The period from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, It was marked, among other things, by enable the widespread use of electricity and the discovery of the use of radiation. The Croatian inventor naturalized American Nikola Tesla developed a prominent role in both areas. With this research, we intend to contribute to the studies about Nikola Tesla and his work, the intention that his name again to be among the great scientists of his time, unlinked it from the esoteric sphere, with which it is so often associated and understanding why this association.. This thesis was developed in intention to accompany the discovery and development in applications of X-rays, emphasizing the contributions that Tesla developed for this area of science. His contributions to the discovery of the radiation will be analyzed, as well as the equipment developed by him for this purpose. From this research, it was possible to analyze how has the discovery, communication and reception by the scientific community and the ordinary people of the Information that X-rays could be used to photograph the inside of the human body, and risks associated with their use inconsequential
O período compreendido entre o final do século XIX e início do século XX, foi marcado, entre outras coisas, por possibilitar o uso em larga escala da eletricidade e pela descoberta do uso das radiações. O inventor croata naturalizado americano Nikola Tesla, desenvolveu um papel de destaque em ambas as áreas. Com esta pesquisa, pretendemos contribuir para os estudos sobre Nikola Tesla e sua obra, na intenção de que seu nome volte a figurar entre os grandes cientistas do seu tempo, desvinculando-o da esfera esotérica, com a qual, é tão comumente associado, entendendo o porquê desta associação. Esta tese foi desenvolvida no intuito de acompanhar a descoberta e evolução nas aplicações dos raios X, dando ênfase às contribuições que Tesla desenvolveu para esta área da ciência. Serão analisadas suas contribuições para a descoberta das radiações, bem como os equipamentos desenvolvidos por ele para este fim. A partir desta pesquisa, foi possível analisar como se deu a descoberta, a comunicação e a recepção pela comunidade científica e pelas pessoas comuns da informação de que, os raios X poderiam ser utilizados para fotografar o interior do corpo humano, além dos riscos associados à sua utilização inconsequente