«I no longer work for the present, I work for the future»

tesla monument

the church was one of the centers of resistance of the freedom-loving Slavic peoples

A hundred years ago, when Croatia was part of the
Habsburg Empire, Smiljany consisted of only a few
houses, a school, a Сatholic church and an Orthodox
church, next to which there was a small priest's house.
There lived father of the future inventor.

6 kilometers from the town of Gospic

Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in the mountain
village of Smiljan during a
thunderstorm

Like most children, I loved to jump and showed a great desire to stay in the air

Nikola was an ordinary boy

First inventions

The future inventor was shaken to the core with this phenomenon

When a child played with a cat, he noticed that after contact with the animal's fur, a whole bunch of sparks appeared

from the very
childhood, Nikola
was very inventive

Sickness. Study

his father saw in him the successor of his mission. But Nikola did not plan to link his fate with the church.

Despite his father's demands to enter the theological seminary, Nikola returned to his family in Gospic, where there was a cholera epidemic, and immediately became infected.

In July 1873, Nikola Tesla received a matriculation
certificate, and then seriously thought about what he would do in life.

The path of a priest was destined for me from childhood. This thought oppressed me, and I looked into the future with fear.

You will get better!

Maybe I can get better if you let me study engineering

You will enter the best educational institution in Europe

in 1875, Nikola entered a technical school in the city of Graz, where he began to study electronics

Nikola was
on the mend,
and his father
kept his word

Gratsky technical
university

By the third year, Tesla became very interested in gambling, often losing a lot. According to him, playing cards did not give him pleasure, it just helped him forget about failures for a while.

ONCE HE LOST BIG AND HIS MOTHER HAD TO BORROW A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM FAMILIARIES IN ORDER TO PAY OFF THE SON'S DEBT

Working for Edison

Tesla came to New York and got a job at the Edison's company as an engineer repairing electric motors and DC generators

edison machine
works

Nikola tried to do what he loves - inventing new devices, but his ideas did not find support from management

Nikola had to improve the DC electrical machines that were invented by Edison himself

In the spring of 1885, Tesla was offered a $50,000 deal by his employer

Deception of the century

Own laboratory

He worked on a project for an arc lamp for street lighting. The project was ready in 12 months. But Tesla again did not receive a reward.

Tesla, with the support of engineer Brown and his acquaintances, creates his own company to equip
street lighting with new lamps

In the summer of 1888, the American industrialist George Westinghouse bought more than 40 patents from Tesla. Each one cost $25,000.

george
westinghouse

1888-1895 was the most productive period. Nikola was engaged in research on high frequency magnetic fields.

It was during this time that Tesla received most of its patents

Wardenclyffe
Tower

Nikola was already working in the new premises by the fall

March 13, 1895

There was a fire in the laboratory on Fifth Avenue.
The building burned to the ground, destroying the latest achievements of the inventor.

achievements

Tesla was often
plagued by failure,
but this did not
stop him from
becoming a great
inventor

main achievements

Asynchronous motor

Tesla coil

RC boat

wireless lighting

Wardenclyffe Tower

Alternator

Radio

Tesla turbine

last years

The last photo of the inventor