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title: "Tesla Coil Demonstrated by Nikola Tesla"
year: 1891
country: "United States"
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# Tesla Coil Demonstrated by Nikola Tesla

> Tesla's demonstration of wireless transmission and the coil bearing his name pioneered modern electromagnetic technology and wireless power concepts.

## Summary

A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer device designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current. Tesla experimented with a number of different configurations consisting of two, or sometimes three, coupled resonant electric circuits.

## Sources

- [Tesla coil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil) - Wikipedia

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