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His work with electricity and his<br />
inventions changed the way we live.<br />
But we don’t even remember his<br />
name.<br />
Nikola Tesla was born at midnight during an<br />
electrical storm in 1856. He was a child genius<br />
and invented his first machine when he was only<br />
four. Tesla studied electrical engineering in<br />
Austria and at Prague University, then worked as<br />
an engineer. Then, in 1884, he travelled to<br />
America and arrived with only four cents in his<br />
pocket!<br />
In the US, Tesla worked for Thomas Edison,<br />
the inventor of the light bulb. But he left because<br />
they had different ideas and Edison didn’t pay<br />
him very well.<br />
Tesla then worked for George Westinghouse.<br />
He invented an electricity system for the lights at<br />
the 1893 Chicago World Fair. It was a great<br />
success.
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