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English: Caption: A Massive Mercury Interrupter Devised by Tesla for Handling 50 H. P. of Electrical Energy at a Rate of 100,000 Breaks Per Second.
Date
Source Samuel Cohen, "Dr. Nikola Tesla and his Achievements", Electrical Experimenter magazine, The Electrical Experimenter Co., New York, Vol. 4, No. 10, February 1917, p. 712, fig. 4
Author
Nikola Tesla  (1856–1943)  wikidata:Q9036 s:en:Author:Nikola Tesla q:en:Nikola Tesla
 
Nikola Tesla
Alternative names
Nicola Tesla; Nikolaj Tesla; Nikole Tesla; Nikolai Tesla; Đuka Mandić; Duka Mandic; Nichola Tesla; Nikoli Tesla; Nicolas Tesla; Tesla; Никола Тесла; 尼科拉·特斯拉
Description American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist and futurist
Serbian American inventor
Date of birth/death 10 July 1856 Edit this at Wikidata 7 January 1943 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Smiljan Manhattan
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creator QS:P170,Q9036

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