The Empire State Building finally opened in New York City on this day in 1931. Did you know that: • “Penny Black” was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp issued by Great Britain on this day in 1840• A patent was granted to Nikola Tesla for the “electrical transmission of power” on this day in […]
Nikola Tesla attempted to describe the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer on this day in 1904. Did you know that: • Piano company Steinway and Sons was founded by Heinrich Steinway in New York City on this day in 1853• C. H. Gould patented the stapler on this day […]
Born on this day in 1856, Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. Did you know that: • Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most […]
