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AC Induction Is Born
Tesla creates a motor that is able to conduct alternative current electricity. -
Tesla Creates the First AC Motor
Tesla constructed a woking AC motor while in France. He tryied to get financing from investors however the project was rejected. -
Tesla Electric Light Company
Investors approached Tesla and had asked him to develop an improved method for arc lighting. The group was willing to finance the Tesla Electric Company. Alas, all of the money made went to the investors and Tesla got valueless stock certificates. (Picture Shown: A Peice of Stock from the Tesla Electric Light Company) -
Tesla Applies For Patents
In the winter of 1887, Tesla filed for seven U.S. patents dealing with his polyphase alternating current motors and power transmission. This was comprised of complete structures of generators, transformers, transmission lines, motors, and lighting.
(Picture Shown: Patent 381,970 - System of Electrical Distribution) -
George Westinghouse buys AC patent
George Westinghouse buys Telsa's AC patent making him the sole controller of AC transformers and motors. -
Electric Chair Used
The Electric Chair was used for the first time in what was later called, "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging." (Picture Shown: One of the first electric chairs) -
The Chicago World's Fair
Tesla alongside with Westinghouse provide AC electricity to light up the world's fair in Chicago (Picture Shown: Alternating Current lamps lighting up the World's Fair)
