Memorial · New York

Nikola Tesla

d. 1977

HERE DIED, ON JANUARY 7.1943 AT THE AGE OF 87, THE GREAT YUGOSLAV-AMERICAN SCIENTIST-INVENTOR NIKOLA TESLA, WHOSE DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD OF ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT ADVANCED THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD INTO THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL ERA.

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