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Tesla, Nikola
© Copyright Nikola Tesla, photo 1933 Tesla, Nikola, b. Smiljan (Croatia), July 10, 1856, d. New York (USA), Jan. 8, 1943, inventor. 1884, after his studies at the Joanneum college in Graz, joined T. Edison in New York; 1887 set up the Tesla Electric Company and invented the three-phase system, which, exploited by Westinghouse 1888, became outstandingly important. The unit of magnetic flux density (induction), Tesla, is named after him. Literature: S. Boksan, N. T. und sein Werk, 1932; J. O´Neill, N. T., 1951.
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