Episode 3 of 3
Public Demonstration
- When
- May 20, 1891
- Where
- Columbia College, New York
Tesla publicly demonstrated the coil on May 20, 1891, at Columbia College in New York.
The demonstration occurred during a lecture titled 'Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination' before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. This event marked the first public presentation of the device.
Sources
- Tesla coil Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-10
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