Physicist who pioneered alternating current electricity Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Monday, November 21, 2005 · 8-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, November 21, 2005.
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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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