Nikola's Memorable May, and The Donald

摘要

On May 1, 1888, Nikola Tesla was issued seven patents that literally made our world. Together with an eighth patent issued two weeks later, Tesla laid the foundation for an alternating current-based electric grid. His triumph was celebrated on May 16 in his landmark speech before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers: "In the presence of the existing diversity of opinion regarding the relative merits of the alternate and continuous current systems, great importance is attached to the question whether alternate currents can be successfully utilized in the operation of motors...