Nikola Tesla was born on this day in 1856.Aged 35 (and a half) Tesla delivered a talk here at the Ri
Nikola Tesla was born on this day in 1856.Aged 35 (and a half) Tesla delivered a talk here at the Ri on AC power that was so spectacular, audiences flocked back the next night for an encore.We love a science demonstration, and judging by his sprawling lecture desk, so did Tesla…120 years after Tesla stood in the Faraday theatre (in 1892) we recreated a demonstration of his Tesla coil in the 2012 Christmas Lectures: https://youtu.be/5piP_qfDvBA?t=4sClick here to watch the Christmas Lectures in full. -- source link
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