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TRIBUTE TO NIKOLA TESLA
(July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943)
by
William C. Wysock, Tesla Technology Research
Nicola
Tesla, the inventor and true "Father of Radio" and
other technologies that are now cornerstones of our modern world
Throughout
history, academia have honored those pioneers and discoverers that have
brought mankind out of darkness and into light. The list of famous
physicists, scientists, engineers and inventors is long. Many of the units
of electrical measurement quantity and expression come from the founding
fathers who first postulated and discovered physical phenomena in
electricity and magnetism. Volta, Ampere, Faraday, Hertz, Maxwell, Newton,
Watt and Weber, are among the names that have been synonymous with standard
units of electrical and magnetic measure, since their respective times of
discovery and contribution.
One name
that has been added to this exhaulted roster, only in recent times, is that
of Dr. Nikola Tesla. Tesla's numerous contributions to the discovery,
understanding, and development in the electrical art during the period
dubbed "The Golden Age of Discovery," cannot be overstated. From
the practical development of alternating current generation and
distribution and the understanding of the rotating magnetic field to the
discovery of terrestrial electrical standing waves and the introduction of
wireless, radio, remote control, computers, wireless power generation and
distribution techniques, to directed particle beam weapons and beyond. No
single individual in the sciences has had a more profound impact on or in our
modern world, that we take for granted today.
It is
fitting, then, that the august body of the Conference Generale des Poids et
Mesures, the group responsible for developing SI (International System of
Units,) would establish the special name of Tesla and the symbol T, to
represent a new International Standard Unit for Magnetic flux density.
Whereas Weber, (Wb,) remains honored as the SI unit for magnetic flux, the
SI unit for magnetic flux density, (T,) has posthumously been accorded to
Tesla. Modern technology such as MRI and NMR, rely on this unit of measure
as an integral part of equipment performance and specification.
The
author of this tribute, William "Bill" Wysock , is an associate
of Tesla Technology Research, an icon in the world of Tesla and high
voltage science.
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