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was born
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In July 1873, N. Tesla received a certificate of maturity.
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enrolled in a technical college in Graz
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in January 1880, moved to Prague, where he entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Prague University.
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Tesla came up with how a phenomenon could be used in an electric motor, later called a rotating magnetic field.
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Tesla was engaged in the research of high-frequency magnetic fields.
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After 1900, Tesla received many other patents for inventions in various fields of technology (electric meter, frequency meter, a number of improvements in radio equipment, steam turbines, etc.)
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Tesla was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics.
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in Philadelphia Tesla developed a gasoline turbine.
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died
In the autumn of 1937, Tesla was hit by a taxi car in New York when he was crossing the road at night.
