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First phase of the Industrial Revolution begins in England then spread to Continental Europe and North America
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Ben Franklin proved his theory of static electricity and lightening being the same with a kite, a key, and a storm
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Second phase of the Industrial Revolution began in America and the spread to Europe
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Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia
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Edison built first high resistance, Incandescent electric lightbulb
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California Electric Light Company, Inc.was the first to sell electricity to customers
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York formed and brought electric light to parts of Manhattan
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Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic field, a fundamental principle in physics and the basis of most devices that use alternating current
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Tesla invented the Tesla Coil
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Tesla invented the electric alternator, an electric generator that produces alternating current (AC)
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Tesla demonstrated the first polyphase alternating current electrical system
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George Westinghouse bought the patent rights to the AC system from Tesla
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"War of the Currents" AC vs. DC
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Tesla patents the Tesla Coil
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Tesla designed the first AC hydroelectric power plant in the US at Niagara Falls
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Tesla constructed an instrument to receive and transmit radio waves and patented the basic system of radio
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Tesla filed his patent for remote radio-control and demonstrated his remote controlled boat at Madison Square Garden
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Marconi established wireless communication between Britain and Newfoundland, Canada
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Marconi awarded the Noble Prize
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Tesla was awarded the Edison Medal, the most coveted electrical prize in the US
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The US Supreme Court held Marconi's patents invalid, and recognized Tesla as the inventor of radio technology
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Nikola Tesla died from coronary thrombosis in New York City
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A wireless TV remote control, the "Flashmatic", was developed by Eugene Polley
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Motorola became the first company to mass produce the first handheld mobile phone
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Tesla was inducted into the Inventor's Hall of Fame
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Group of engineers founded Tesla Motors, a car company named after Nikola Tesla and dedicated to building the first fully electric-powered car
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Tesla Motors unveiled its first electric car, the Roadster