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Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current induction motor.
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Is it true that Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current induction motor?
Yes. Multiple reference works and a peer-reviewed article state directly that Nikola Tesla invented the alternating-current induction motor, while other sources credit him with the AC power system and AC motor writings without naming the induction motor specifically.
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Nikola Tesla. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
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1952-, B. A. B. (2011). Handbook of industrial engineering equations, formulas, and calculations. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/handbookofindust0000badi
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Wikisource: Author:Nikola Tesla. (n.d.). en.wikisource.org. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Nikola_Tesla
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Wikipedia: List of Nikola Tesla writings. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikola_Tesla_writings
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JV, P. (2024). Nikola Tesla-Father of Our Energy Systems.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.59556/japi.72.0643
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Simple English Wikipedia: Alternating current. (n.d.). simple.wikipedia.org. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current
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The engineering handbook. (2005). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/engineeringhandb0000unse_ed02
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The mechatronics handbook. (2002). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/mechatronicshand0000unse_y7t3
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Nikola Tesla and the Science of ‘ a Successful Paranoia ’. (n.d.). language-and-psychoanalysis.com. http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com/article/download/1890/3671
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THE TESLA MOTOR. (Colonist, 28 May 1912). (1912). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19120528.2.40
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核の世紀とニコラ・テスラのマッドサイエンティスト的想像力. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.11380/americanreview.42.0_43
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