For less than a year, Tesla worked at Thomas Edison’s laboratory, often interacting closely with the world famous American inventor. He never bothered to obtain a patent on it.” This lack of attention to business detail would roil Tesla on and off throughout his life.Īfter working in Paris, Tesla immigrated to America in 1884. “Tesla had invented a precursor of the loudspeaker. Of course, he also fiddled with the equipment and “fashioned an amplifier, which repeated and boosted transmission signals,” notes Seifer. He later enrolled at the University of Prague, where he advanced his knowledge of wave mechanics (and indirectly AC) working with Professor Ernst Mach.Īfter university, Tesla got a job with duties that included work as a telephone line repairman. Years later, Tesla would, in fact, harness the energy of Niagara Falls.Īfter completing the equivalent of high school, and avoiding forced enlistment in an ongoing war, Tesla studied physics and other disciplines at the Polytechnic School in Graz, located south of Vienna, although he did not stay to complete his degree. “After seeing a drawing or photograph of Niagara Falls, Tesla announced to his Uncle Josip that one day he would place a gigantic wheel under the falls and thereby harness it,” writes Seifer. Tesla showed insight and ambition at an early age.
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