Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Serbia in what was then the Austrian Empire.

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He first found employment with Thomas Edison, but the two inventors were very different in background and methods.

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While on assignment to Strasbourg in 1883, he built his first induction motor, after working long hours.

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In May 1888, George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh bought the patent rights to Tesla's polyphase system.

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Westinghouse used Tesla’s alternating current system to light the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

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In 1898 Tesla announced his invention of a teleautomatic boat guided by remote control.

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Tesla begins construction on Long Island of a wireless World Broadcasting Tower in 1900

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They are expected to provide worldwide communications, providing facilities for sending weather warnings and stock reports.

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Left due to labor troubles and Morgan's withdrawal of support. This was Tesla's biggest defeat.

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Tesla paved the way for many modern technological developments in his life.

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