Nikola Tesla

He constructed a resonant transformer, commonly known as the Tesla coil - one of his greatest inventions, which was presented in 1891.

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Thanks to this invention, Tesla was called the "ruler of lightning." This coil is a kind of an air transformer in which both windings operate at the same high resonant frequency. This allows for very high electrical voltages, measured in millions of volts. As a result, the device can generate very spectacular electrical discharges. These effects have begun to be used by science fiction and horror film creators.