Engineering & invention · Science
Nikola Tesla
Electrical inventor and alternating-current motor patentee
Also known as Tesla
Photograph · Image credit
Who they are
Nikola Tesla’s documented engineering includes an 1888 patent for a motor driven by alternating currents and shifting magnetism. He also appears in a separate historical account of government examination of his papers after his death. Keeping the patent and that later records history distinct allows readers to examine concrete technical work without treating every subsequent claim as established.
His two entries concern an identifiable invention and the later handling of his papers.
Selected contributions
Selected works
Patent · 1888
Electro-magnetic motor, US381968A
Tesla’s specification describes an alternating-current electromagnetic motor. The assignment identifies Charles F. Peck as holding a half interest, a legal and commercial role distinct from invention.
Reading scope & citation
Fresh patent heading, assignee statement and opening specification read; prior inspected specification passages reused. Reused prior inspected evidence: Patent metadata and opening specification read; drawings and every claim were not independently evaluated.
In the timeline
Biography sources & portrait credit
- The missing papers ↗PBS: Tesla, Master of Lightning
- Electro-magnetic motor, US381968A ↗United States Patent Office; Google Patents transcription
Portrait credit
Napoleon Sarony. Public domain (Commons file-specific copyright declaration). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (Commons file-specific copyright declaration) ↗
