Induction motor inventor Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, June 12, 2005 · 91-Down
Appeared in 4 New York Times Crosswords between December 2001 and June 2005.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · June 12, 2005 · 91-Down · 5 letters
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United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
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