Creator of fundamental inventions in the development of electricity, Tesla had the most influential impact over his electrical foes. Tesla’s ultimate ambition envisioned a larger goal of wireless energy transmission, while innovating technology in its process. Under-recognized in modern society, Nikola Tesla had the most positive impact on modern society and nineteenth through twentieth century society over his other competitors. During the inventor-scientist’s electrical development, his impact was widespread across the globe, impacting a majority of the people on the planet. Nikola Tesla based his research around electricity in three different stages; trying to produce high voltages and frequencies, focus on technological innovations, and …show more content…
Tesla’s AC success at Niagara Falls propelled his career and left his mark to be a well respected inventor. At Niagara Falls in 1896, Tesla produced the first major hydroelectric power plant in the world using the water to power the alternating currents, producing high voltages of electricity, powering the entire state of New York. Author, Charles E. Scott, regarded the event as one of the greatest in engineering history, “The evolution of electric power, from the discovery of Faraday in 1831 to the initial great installation of the Tesla polyphase system in 1896, is undoubtedly the most tremendous event in all engineering history” (3). Tesla’s success at Niagara Falls was a major successful turning point for Tesla’s alternating currents, because it proved safer, more economical, and more powerful than Thomas Edison’s direct current at Niagara Falls. Following Tesla’s success in 1896, him and George Westinghouse powered the entire Columbian Exposition using a polyphase alternating current system. Over two hundred thousand electric light bulbs were illuminated at the exposition, making it the first public event completely powered by electricity.The success at the Columbian Exposition led to over 80% of all electrical devices being operated on by alternating currents