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Patent · 1891 · age 35

US Patent 459772: Magnetic Motor

by Nikola Tesla

Kept from patents.google.com · 1 file · 68 KBCall number TES PT1891.08

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Public domainPatent text by Tesla, who died in 1943.Basis: author death year 1943, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.
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Nikola Tesla, US Patent 459772: Magnetic Motor (1891). Long Keeping, call number TES PT1891.08. https://longkeeping.com/nikola-tesla/us-patent-459772-magnetic-motor/
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