Tesla's polyphase alternating current 500 horse power generator. litrato from the 1893 (World's Fair) World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Over 200,000 electric lightbulbs were lit at the fair using Tesla's polyphase ac system.
There was madami to Nikola Tesla than a brilliant inventor, physicist, and electrical engineer. He was also very much aware of the broader implications for electromagnetism and electrodynamics.