THE TESLA COIL

ANCIZAR BARRAGAN ALTURO

Bachelor in Physics

Mg. In education

PILOT UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA

HIGH MAGDALENA SECTIONAL
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC PHYSICS
GIRARDOT
2018
 THE TESLA COIL

Diego Alejandro García Vanegas

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Dalton Yesid Cortes Quiroga
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Luis Fabián Urquijo Urquijo
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Brayan Felipe Vargas Aguirre
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PILOT UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA

HIGH MAGDALENA SECTIONAL
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC PHYSICS
GIRARDOT
2018
 The War of the Currents

Thomas Alba Edison at the age of 31 already had more than 100 patents, he was an ambitious
inventor, created the first light bulb thanks to the implementation of the carbon filament,
which allowed the ideal flow of electrons. But this was not what he wanted, he wanted to take
its invention to the whole city and for that it would have to create something that would distribute the

electricity, but it had a limit that makes it very costly and impractical.

As Edison was trying to solve this, on the other side of the world at the University of
In Austria, there was a young physics student named Nicola Tesla, he thought he would revolutionize

everything that is currently being worked on regarding electricity issues and its
ability to make it more efficient. Nikola traveled to North America where he wanted to test
in front of the greatest inventor of his time. This took him to Edison and
he presents himself with a mechanic to get a job, and he is put to the test in order to fulfill his duty

What capacity does he have. Nikola easily passed the test and is put to work at the company.
from Edison assigning him a new task as he needed to improve a generator so that it
it carried the current over a distance greater than the 800 that had only been achieved so far.
meters around. When Nikola saw it, he said 'why not use alternating current' that
it was much more powerful, he replied no because she was very insecure. Edison just wanted
that his idea would work and he proposes to Tesla to improve his generator by telling him that he would give him

US$ 50,000 if that goal was achieved. Nikola got to work and succeeded in his...
committed to giving Edison the solution and even hinting that alternating current was better.

Nikola resigns from Edison energy, starts working on the structuring of the network where he is
heard by the supervisor saying 'when we finish building the network system'
the energy will be obsolete," he tells Tesla to see if he could demonstrate what he has been hinting at.
firmly tells him "yes". After some time he meets George Westinghouse who
sponsor in his career of the struggle of the currents and letting Nikola gain ground in the
war of the currents illuminating the city of Chicago. But Edison started to
discredit the instability of alternating current due to some accidents and also
when a death row inmate was exposed to this and strengthening the objections that
he proposed the same. Nikola, seeing what happened, tried to improve his work and realized that
there was a lot of variability in the electric flow and realized that another wave is needed that is
different from the first, and in this way solved its instability making it more
safe for use and still maintaining a low cost.

Edison was removed by his business advisors for this and they decided to change the reason.
social of the company, leaving it aside and recovering to regain what had been
inverted. At the same time, Nikola had to answer for the damages caused, leaving him in the
bankruptcy. Westinghouse is slowly recovering from the crisis and despite Edison creating a sea
In terms of patents, the one who ultimately won the war of the currents was Nikola Tesla.
(nageo, 2017)

Bibliography

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