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Michael Faraday
discovers electromagnetic induction -
Nikola Tesla is born
during a lightning storm at the stroke of midnight -
Tesla develops cholera
at age 17 -
James Clerk Maxwell
proves light is electromagnetic radiation -
Tesla travels to Austria
to start his education -
Thomas Edison
invents the first lightbulb -
Tesla moves to Prague
to continue studies -
Tesla moves to Budapest
to work and experiment with electricity -
Edison creates first electrical power system
funded by J.P. Morgan -
Tesla arrives to New York
with 4 cents and a recommendation letter in his pocket -
Tesla works at Edison Machine Works
founded by Thomas Alva Edison, but quits after being stiffed a $50,000 bonus -
Tesla unveils new motor to the world
after opening his own lab near Edison's -
Heinrich Hertz
sends radio waves into space and creates the first radio receiver and transmitter -
Tesla and Westinghouse
Tesla wins 22 patents, and is offered $1 million for them, plus a $2 royalty -
War of Currents
Edison sets out to disprove alternating currents, and uses it as a death penalty -
Throughout the 1890s,
Tesla created neon and fluorescent illumination, took the first x-rays, and wirelessly transmitted energy -
early 1890s, Marconi
develops wireless telegraphy -
Westinghouse company is broke
and Tesla is dropped from his contract -
First World's Fair to be lit with electricity
is lit with the Egg of Columbus, which proved Tesla's alternating current's strength -
Tesla returns to New York
and banishes himself from society -
Tesla transmits a signal
to 50 miles away -
Tesla's laboratory catches fire
on the Ides of March -
Niagra power system goes online
and is funded by Westinghouse -
Tesla "destroyed his sexuality"
by the age of 40 -
Tesla patents the fundamentals for radio
but only gets credit for it 50 years later -
Tesla attaches an oscillator to an iron pillar
the building trembles -
Tesla controls a boat
with wireless radio waves -
Tesla moves to Colorado Springs
and tells reporters he is sending a signal to Paris, but really tries to send one to space. He receives a signal from space. -
Tesla masters lightning
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Marconi looks for sponsors
and is denied wireless patents because they are similar to Tesla's -
Early 1900s
Tesla is sponsored by J.P. Morgan. Marconi uses Tesla's technology and takes credit, so Morgan decides to back Marconi insteadl -
Tesla makes the aurora borealis
but he can't transmit to the atmosphere -
Marconi gets Tesla's patent for the radio
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Tesla's patents expire
and Tesla goes broke while people use his ideas -
Marcone is awarded the Nobel Prize
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Edison and Tesla are rumored to share the Nobel Prize
but it is rumored Tesla didn't want to share, so neither are awarded. -
Tesla sues Marconi
for patent infringement but doesn't have enough money for legal fees -
Tesla comes back to life
at age 75 and receives more attention from scientists -
Tesla makes plans for new power sources
and almost strikes a deal with England for $35 million -
Tesla is struck by a taxi
at age 81, so Westinghouse pays his boarding for the rest of his life -
Tesla dies
in his hotel room at age 87 -
Marconi's patents are infracted
so Tesla is given credit for the radio -
After Tesla's death
his work is sent to his home country, though many fear he could have created a death ray. -
Magnetic induction unit of measurement
is named a Tesla (T)