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Tesla coil

electrical resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla
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Summary

Tesla coil is a transformer[1]. It draws 6,855 Wikipedia views per month (transformer category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Nikola Tesla[3]
  • Instance of: physics experiment[4], demonstration[5]
  • Named after: Nikola Tesla[6]
  • Collection: Collection of Experiments in the Laboratory of Demonstrations[7]
  • Commons category: Tesla coils[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1891[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tesla coils[10]
  • Commons gallery: Tesla coil[11]
  • Location of creation: Columbia University[12]
  • Facet of: physics[13], electromagnetism[14]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15]

Why It Matters

Tesla coil has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Nikola Tesla physics

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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