Nikola Tesla Accomplishments

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Sir Nikola Tesla, a Serbian scientist and inventor, had several dreams and goals to accomplish. In order to fulfill his dreams, he moved to the USA. There, he faced challenging obstacles, and tried his best to cope with them. He had great qualities including patience and perseverance. Tesla dealt with people such as Thomas Edison, who deceived him so that they could plagiarize his ideas and works. He never gave up no matter what happened and kept pushing through to show the world what he was capable of. Nikola Tesla was well known for his invention of the alternating current and also the Tesla coil. If it had not been for Nikola Tesla, the world would not have been so advanced in today’s technology. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 …show more content…

Meanwhile, Nikola was in Budapest trying to explain his ideas about alternating current to people. No one believed him and Nikola had higher hopes in the city of Paris. He later began working in the Continental Edison Company in Paris. All Nikola could think about was ideas on building types of alternating current motors ever since his discovery in the previous year at Budapest. In less than two months, Nikola mentally created and tested all types of alternating current motor that would soon be patented under his name. Nikola Tesla was the type of man and scientist who did not keep his scientific ideas and discoveries secretive. He believed that discoveries are meant to be shared with the world and not kept only with one individual. So, Tesla shared his ideas about his alternating current with the people in Paris. He did not need to worry about anyone plagiarizing his ideas because no one believed him. There was only one man who said to Tesla that if he could build his motor and proved that it works, he would be able to help him out with some money. Nikola told him that he needed money in order to build the motor, but the man said that he could not waste his time on