List of things named after Nikola Tesla
This article is a list of things named after the Serbian engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla.
Science and engineering
- Tesla Experimental Station
- Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe (TSCW)
- Tesla tower
- Tesla coil
- Tesla's oscillator
- Tesla turbine
- Tesla valve
- Tesla's Egg of Columbus
- magnetic inductivity
Astronomical bodies
- Tesla, a 26 kilometer-wide crater on the far side of the Moon[1]
- 2244 Tesla, a minor planet[1]
Other
Awards
Biographical works
- My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
- Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla
- Tesla - Lightning in His Hand
- The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla
- The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Enterprises and organizations
- Tesla, an electrotechnical conglomerate in former Czechoslovakia
- Tesla, Inc, an American electric car manufacturer[3]
- Nikola Tesla Museum
- Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing
- Societies:[7]
- Tesla Memorial Society (founded 1979), originally Lackawanna, New York, currently Ridgewood, Queens, New York
- International Tesla Society (founded 1984), Colorado Springs
- Nikola Tesla Science Development Association, Novi Sad, Serbia[8]
- Native Association of Krajišniks "Nikola Tesla", Plandište, Serbia[9]
- Tesla Savings Bank, Zagreb, Croatia[10]
Holidays and events
- Tesla Fest, Novi Sad, Serbia[11]
- National Day of Science in Serbia, July 10
- Nikola Tesla Day in Croatia, 10 July[12]
- Day of Nikola Tesla, Association of Teachers in Vojvodina, 4–10 July.[13]
- Day of Nikola Tesla, Niagara Falls, 10 July.[14]
- Nikola Tesla annual electric vehicle rally in Croatia[15]
Music
See: Nikola Tesla in popular culture
Places
- Nikola Tesla Memorial Center in Smiljan
- Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)[16]
- Nikola Tesla Museum Archive in Belgrade[17][18]
- TPP Nikola Tesla, the largest power plant in Serbia
- 128 streets in Croatia had been named after Nikola Tesla as of November 2008, making him the eighth most common street name origin in the country.[19]
- Nikola Tesla Boulevard, a portion of Burlington Street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[20]
- Tesla Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin USA, the block running from North Rosa Road to North Kenosha Drive on the west side of Madison was long misspelled Telsa Terrace due to a sign-painting error in the 1940s or 1950s. The street's name was corrected to Tesla Terrace in 1987, after a class of Michigan third-graders mounted a letter-writing campaign in support of the change.[21][22]
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Schools
- Tesla STEM High School created in 2012 in Redmond, Washington as a choice school with a focus on STEM subjects. The name was chosen by a student vote.[23]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Vujovic, Dr. Ljubo. "Tesla Biography - Nikola Tesla The Genius Who Lit The World". Tesla Memorial Society of New York. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Why the Name "Tesla?"". Tesla Motors. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ Ringle, Hayley (19 October 2018). "Behind the deal: How Nikola Motor steered its trucking technology to Arizona". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Company Overview of Nikola Motor Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-921-75240-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8065-1960-9.
- ^ "Nikola Tesla Science Development Association". NikolaTesla.io.ua. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Native Association of Krajišniks "Nikola Tesla" - Plandište". ZuKNikolaTesla.org. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ On March 30, 2018 bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against Tesla Štedna Banka
- ^ "36th International Festival of Innovations, Knowledge and Creativity – Tesla Fest". Association of Inventors of Vojvodina.
- ^ "National Day of Nikola Tesla - Day of Science, Technology and Innovation, 10 July". State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Dan Nikole Tesle" (in Serbian). Vojvodina Online. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015.
- ^ Radulovic, Bojan. "Srpska škola". www.SrpskaSkola.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Nikola Tesla EV Rally – Croatia 2015 – Electric Rally – Mixture of Excellence and Technology". NikolaTeslaEVRally.com.hr. Kilovat Media. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)". Airport-Desk.com. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ "Memory of the World - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Tesla Memorial Society of New York Homepage". TeslaSociety.com. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ISSN 1847-3911. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/5-reasons-why-hamilton-is-renaming-part-of-burlington-st-after-nikola-tesla-1.3654375
- ^ "Madison's neighborhood secrets: West; Isthmus Publishing". Red Card Media. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "The Origins of Some Madison, Wisconsin, Street Names". HistoricMadison.org. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Redmond Reporter. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2017.