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5 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, July 30, 2019 · 65-Across

Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Tuesday, July 30, 2019.

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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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