Lightning: M89 Tesla Motor (c. 1895)
While walking through a park in Budapest, Hungary in 1892, Nicola Tesla had a revelation about rotating magnetic fields. This revelation led him to invent the first AC electric motor. This motor is one of his earliest prototypes.
From the Collections of the Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich.
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