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    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers
    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers
    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers
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    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

    By Nikola Tesla

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    Nikola Tesla was a genius who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity. During college his professors explained that it was impossible to design an engine without commutators or brushes. Tesla was unconvinced that such was necessary or even particularly desirable. It was then that Tesla began his work on the rotating field motor that ultimately gave birth to the modern age. In May of 1888, Tesla delivered his lecture "A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers" before The American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the world has never been the same.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJun 10, 2015
    ISBN9781627557993
    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers
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    Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, writer, physicist, and engineer, best known for his work on the alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

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      que no esta en espanol y esta como si Nikola Tesla no lo hubiera escrito, yo soy Tec. en Control electrico.

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    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers - Nikola Tesla

    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

    By Nikola Tesla

    ©2015 Rediscovered Books

    All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except for brief quotations for review purposes only.

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    A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

    Delivered before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, May 1888.

    I desire to express my thanks to Professor Anthony for the help he has given me in this matter. I would also like to express my thanks to Mr. Pope and Mr. Martin for their aid. The notice was rather short, and I have not been able to treat the subject so extensively as I could have desired, my health not being in the best condition at present. I ask your kind indulgence, and I shall be very much gratified if the little I have done meets your approval.

    In the presence of the existing diversity of opinion regarding the relative merits of the alternate and continuous current systems, great importance is attached to the question whether alternate currents can be successfully utilized in the operation of motors. The transformers, with their numerous advantages, have afforded us a relatively perfect system of distribution, and although, as in all branches of the art, many improvements are desirable, comparatively little remains to

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