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Diagram of Nikola Teslas AC Motor. Explain That Stuff, www.explainthatstuff.com/induction-motors.html. This diagram of Nikola Tesla's AC motor showed me how it worked. It allowed me to explain the motor better in my website.

Gernsback, Hugo. "NIKOLA TESLA AND HIS INVENTIONS — AN ANNOUNCEMENT." ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER, Jan. 1919, pp. 614+. This News paper article helped me understand how people thought of Nikola Tesla. It also gave me information on the impact of his inventions and the importance and Relevance of his inventions.

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Experimenter Publishing Company, 1919. This autobiography of Nikola Tesla helped me understand Alternating Current and the rest of his inventions more. It game me information on what AC was and how it worked.

Nikola Tesla Sitting Next to a Tesla Coil. History, www.history.com/news/6-brilliant-tesla-inventions-never-built. Accessed 25 Dec. 2019. This picture of Nikola Tesla sitting next to a Tesla coil helps me see what the Tesla coil does and looks like. It allows me to show people some of Nikola Tesla's brilliant inventions.

Picture of Nikola Tesla. Mental Floss, www.mentalfloss.com/article/78127/10-electrifying-facts-about-nikola-tesla. Accessed 18 Dec. 2019. This picture of Nikola Tesla showed me what he looked like to give me a better visual. I used this picture to show the readers of my website the same things.

Picture of Nikola Tesla's Hometown. 1933. Nikola Tesla, www.matidavid.com/pioneer_files/Tesla.htm. Accessed 20 Dec. 2019. This photograph of Nikola Tesla's hometown, showed me what kind of place he lived in. It allowed me to give the viewers of my website a much clearer idea of Nikola Tesla's early life.

Tesla's Polyphase Alternating Current 500 horse power generator, in Westinghouse Exposition. Tesla Memorial Society of New York, www.teslasociety.com/hall_of_fame.htm. Accessed 4 Dec. 2019. This picture of Nikola Tesla's AC motor showed me what it looked like and it taught me that it was called the Tesla motor when it was invented. I put the information about it being the Tesla motor into the website.

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"Alternating current." UXL Science, UXL, 2008. Gale In Context: Middle School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2646000052/MSIC?u=ceda94204&sid=MSIC&xid=d57ae327. Accessed 7 Nov. 2019. This database about Alternating current taught me many things about the benefits of AC compared to DC. I learned about the process Nikola Tesla went through to introduce this invention to the world. I used the info in my website to explain the benefits of AC and how Nikola Tesla introduced it to the world.

Diagram of Nikola Tesla's AC Motor. Explain That Stuff, www.explainthatstuff.com/induction-motors.html. Accessed 24 Dec. 2019. This diagram of Nikola Tesla's AC motor helped me understand how the AC motor worked. It also allows me to show the people on my website a visual to help them understand this motor.

"The History of Nikola Tesla - a Short Story." Youtube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEJNJ0rFSe8. Accessed 8 Jan. 2020. This video about Nikola Tesla's life showed me many interesting facts about his life. I used this in my website as a brief introduction to Nikola Tesla.

Hymel, Shawn. "Alternating Current (AC) vs. Direct Current (DC)." Spark Fun, learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/alternating-current-ac-vs-direct-current-dc/all. Accessed 3 Jan. 2020. This website about AC and DC showed me the long term impacts of AC, and more clarification about the battle between AC and DC. It allowed me to flesh out this conflict more in my website.

Integrated. armyordnance.tpub.com/OD1647/OD16470115.htm. Accessed 18 Dec. 2019. This website about the disadvantages of DC compared to AC told me about the limitations of DC and what AC could do. It helped me understand the differences between AC and DC more. It gives me details of why AC is used more than DC.

Medrut, Flavia. "25 Nikola Tesla Quotes to Become the Inventor of Your Dreams." Goalcast, www.goalcast.com/2017/12/20/25-nikola-tesla-quotes/. Accessed 8 Jan. 2020. This website about Nikola Tesla's quotes showed me info about his many quotes and information about him. I used the quotes in this website in my own website.

"Nikola Tesla." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Middle School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631006444/MSIC?u=ceda94204&sid=MSIC&xid=248ba46f. Accessed 17 Oct. 2019. This biography about Nikola Tesla taught me many things about what type of person he was, and his overall life. I used this information in the part of my website about his life.

"Nikola Tesla." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, UXL, 2006. Gale In Context: Middle School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2641500198/MSIC?u=ceda94204&sid=MSIC&xid=33fd78ec. Accessed 17 Oct. 2019. This biography of Nikola Tesla taught me many things about his early life and his overall career. I used information about the certain jobs he did in my website.

Picture of Nikola Tesla's AC Motor. Tesla Memorial Society of New York, www.teslasociety.com/hall_of_fame.htm. This picture of Nikola Tesla's AC motor shows me what it looked like. It allows me to show people reading my website what it looks like as well.

"Tesla, Nikola." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™, Columbia University Press, 2019. Gale In Context: Middle School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A69227246/MSIC?u=ceda94204&sid=MSIC&xid=1379a84b. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019. This biography of Nikola Tesla taught me about his career and some of his early life. I used this information in the life section of my website.