Re: The Tesla Unit

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From: David Morning
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:04

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cannon@scs.unt.edu (Dustin Cannon (Lab 3460)) writes:

>	Hi everyone,

>	I have a question (my normal mental state).  I recently read a 
>biography on Nikola Tesla (Man Out of Time, Margret Cheney) and being a 
>physics major I know about the unit Tesla.  So here is the question: What 
>did Tesla do in magnetism that was so amazing that they named the unit 
>after him?

>        Does anyone know?  SHe didn't mention it in the book and I couldn't 
>find it in the library (not suprising)

From fuzzy memory, lots of developement work on high frequency, high voltage
alternators generating mega-big sparks.
He may well have been the man who actually invented the alternator as we know
it today but I can't be certain.
He's certainly an interesting character.

Dave
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From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
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Subject: Re: The Tesla Unit
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