Induction Motor with Disc-Shaped Rotor

Invention

Tesla

1883

Bronze

1 x 1 x 1

This corresponds to the model of the first induction motor that Tesla devised in Strasbourg, France, in 1883. when he worked for the Continental Edison Company. The operation of the motor is based on Tesla’s ingenious application of the rotating magnetic field using polyphase alternate currents, which he conceived of in February 1882. when in Budapest.