Nikola Tesla Inventions - Page 8
Inventions by Nikola Tesla
Tesla's ship's log, patented in 1919 under U.S. Patent 1,314,718 , employed a rotating impeller or rotor towed in water to measure speed and distance instantaneously. Fluid drag transmitted torque...
Tesla's commutator for dynamo-electric machines, his first U.S. patent granted in 1886 under U.S. Patent 334,823, introduced a simple yet effective method to eliminate sparking in high-voltage dynamos...
Tesla's electrical insulators, patented like U.S. Patent 655,838 in 1900, used oils and compounds for high-voltage protection, preventing breakdowns in conductors. Developed for his transformers, they...