By Team Aakash Byju's
Guess the person - He is a man who invented the AC motor at the age of 21.
Yes, it’s Nikola Tesla.
Although he studied physics and engineering in the year 1870, he did not receive any degree. What he got was a practical experience.
Tesla developed huge mechanical and electrical device companies and laboratories in New York with the help of his partners.
Westinghouse Electric gave him a licence for his induction motor and related polyphase of altering current and he got money for it.
Tesla started a company with his partners in 1887 and introduced an induction motor that depends on alternating current.
After his death, the general conference named 'the SI unit weights and measures as Tesla in honour of Nikola Tesla'.
He introduced polyphase current to be used in motors for generating a rotation in a magnetic field to motor run. It avoids high maintenance of mechanical brushes.
Tesla tried to create an AC system to run the streetcars but this idea didn't work and they made DC motors instead.
Nikola Tesla also made an attempt to change the world’s future of power transmission and communication.
When Tesla convinced J.P Morgan that he was nearing a breakthrough, they funded around $150,000 for a huge tower on Long Island.
Westinghouse Company wanted Tesla’s ideas of polyphase current and power system of AC, therefore they paid the amount of 216000 dollars for patent sharing.
He further moved to investigate with his staff and found a Tesla coil which is used for low current, high voltage, frequency of AC, etc.